This study aims to investigate the impacts of abnormally elevated PTH levels on clinical outcomes among critically ill patients with vitamin D depletion.
This study is a secondary analysis of data from a previous multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study (REC No: 201805087RINB) examining vitamin D deficiency prevalence and outcomes in critical care. From the previously enrolled 651 critically ill patients admitted to medical and surgical intensive care units (ICUs), those enrolled within 48 hours of admission are analyzed. Vitamin D depletion is defined as a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) level \<30 ng/mL. Patients are categorized as PTH non-responders (PTH levels of 15-68.3 pg/mL) or PTH responders (PTH levels \> 68.3 pg/mL). The primary endpoints include the rate of survival to day 28 and the rate of survival to hospital discharge. Secondary endpoints include the length of ICU stay at day 28 and day 90, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, and blood clinical laboratory variables.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
320
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
Mortality
Survival on day 28, survival to hospital discharge
Time frame: From enrollment to day 90
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score
Apache II Score is a severity-of-disease classification system based on a number of laboratory values and patient signs taking both acute and chronic disease into account. An integer score from 0 to 71 with higher scores meaning a worse outcome.
Time frame: From enrollment to day 90
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score
SOFA score is a scoring system that assesses the performance of several organ systems in the body (neurologic, blood, liver, kidney, and blood pressure/hemodynamics) and assigns a score based on the data obtained in each category. An integer score from 0 to 24 with higher scores meaning a worse outcome.
Time frame: From enrollment to day 90
ICU length of stay
The days patients stays in ICU
Time frame: From enrollment to day 90
Laboratory parameters
Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), calcium, parathyroid hormone (PTH), cortisol
Time frame: From enrollment to day 90
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