Deficiency of Vitamin D Lead to Death in Patients with Covid 19
Naveed Noor Khan, Waseem Babur, Umar Iqbal
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ABSTRACT
Aim: We conducted this
study to determine the increase rate of mortality and effect of anesthesia in
covid-19 patients with severe vitamin D deficiency.
Study Design: Observational study
Place and Duration: King Salman Armed
Forces Hospital Tabuk, Saudia Arabia/ Rashid Latif Medical College, Lahore. Jan
2021-Jun 2021
Materials &
Methods: One
hundred and seven patients, both males and females, with pandemic disease
(coronavirus) were included in the study. Patients ranged in age from 16 to 80
years. Following the receipt of written consent, demographic information such
as age, gender, and BMI were collected and analysed. A 5 mL blood sample was
taken from each patient in order to determine their vitamin D levels. Patients
in the intensive care unit (ICU) who were seriously ill or experiencing severe
pain were given general anaesthesia. If 25(OH)D was less than 25 nmol/L (10
ng/dL), severe vitamin D deficiency was considered. The relationship between
vitamin D deficiency and the rate of mortality among patients was investigated.
The SPSS 25.0 version was used to analyze all of the data in this study.
Results: 33.07±12.87 years
were the mean age of the patients with mean BMI 23.01±6.32 kg/m2. Among
107 cases, most of the patients were males 67 (62.6%). Vitamin D deficiency was
found among 55 (51.4%) patients in which most of the patients were serious ill those
received anesthesia. We found that 33 (30.8%) patients were died in which most
of the patients. Patients with covid-19 disease who had low vitamin D levels
had a higher mortality rate than those who had normal vitamin D levels,
according to a study that was statistically significant at the 0.04 level of
significance.
Conclusion: We concluded in this
study that the patients with severe coronavirus disease with vitamin D
deficiency had higher rate of mortality.
Keywords: Severe Vitamin D
Deficiency, Mortality, Anesthesia, Pandemic Disease