Authors : Hossein Kimiaei Asadi and Nahid Manouchehrian
Abstract: Vitamins deficiency can increase the risk for systemic disorders and also for mortality and morbidity especially in critically ill patients. The objective of this study was to determine the burden of different types of vitamins deficiency in ICU traumatic patients among Iranian population. This was a retrospective study of 123 consecutive traumatic patients admitted to the ICU within a 6 month time period at Mobasher Kashani hospital in Hamadan, Iran. Need to vitamins on admission, daily need to vitamins and also mean daily intakes of vitamins were assessed. Patients experienced lower daily intake of different vitamins when compared with both needed vitamins on admission time as well as with daily needed vitamins. The ratio of daily vitamin intake to daily vitamin requirement was 0.35 for vitamin A, 0.34 for vitamin C, 0.36 for vitamin D, 0.35 for vitamin E, 0.69 for vitamin B6, 0.34 for vitamin B12, 0.37 for thiamine, 0.37 for riboflavin, 0.39 for niacin, 0.34 for folic acid, 0.36 for pantothenic acid and 0.32 for biotin. The highest and the lowest ratio of daily vitamin intake to daily vitamin requirement were specified to vitamin B6 and biotin, respectively. Most traumatic patients admitted to ICU wards dramatically suffered vitamins deficiencies that consist to almost all types of vitamins.
Hossein Kimiaei Asadi and Nahid Manouchehrian, 2017. Vitamins Deficiency in Traumatic Ill Patients Hospitalized in Intensive Care Units in Iran. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 11: 81-84.