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  • 标题:The Emerging Role of Vitamin C as a Treatment for Sepsis
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  • 作者:Markos G. Kashiouris ; Michael L’Heureux ; Casey A. Cable
  • 期刊名称:Nutrients
  • 电子版ISSN:2072-6643
  • 出版年度:2020
  • 卷号:12
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:292-307
  • DOI:10.3390/nu12020292
  • 出版社:MDPI Publishing
  • 摘要:Sepsis, a life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection, is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Decades of research have failed to identify any specific therapeutic targets outside of antibiotics, infectious source elimination, and supportive care. More recently, vitamin C has emerged as a potential therapeutic agent to treat sepsis. Vitamin C has been shown to be deficient in septic patients and the administration of high dose intravenous as opposed to oral vitamin C leads to markedly improved and elevated serum levels. Its physiologic role in sepsis includes attenuating oxidative stress and inflammation, improving vasopressor synthesis, enhancing immune cell function, improving endovascular function, and epigenetic immunologic modifications. Multiple clinical trials have demonstrated the safety of vitamin C and two recent studies have shown promising data on mortality improvement. Currently, larger randomized controlled studies are underway to validate these findings. With further study, vitamin C may become standard of care for the treatment of sepsis, but given its safety profile, current treatment can be justified with compassionate use.
  • 关键词:vitamin C; high-dose intravenous vitamin C; HDIVC; sepsis; septic shock vitamin C ; high-dose intravenous vitamin C ; HDIVC ; sepsis ; septic shock
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