2016
Vitamin D Status After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children With Congenital Heart Disease
Zahr R, Faustino EV, Carpenter T, Kirshbom P, Hall EK, Fahey JT, Kandil SB. Vitamin D Status After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children With Congenital Heart Disease. Journal Of Intensive Care Medicine 2016, 32: 508-513. PMID: 27251108, DOI: 10.1177/0885066616652077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseasePg/mLCardiopulmonary bypassVitamin D binding proteinD binding proteinHeart diseaseAlbumin levelsTime pointsVitamin D deficiencyVitamin D statusProspective observational studyMean levelsFree fractionD deficiencyD statusDihydroxyvitamin DObservational studySurgeryBinding proteinBypassDiseaseMeasures analysisChildrenDeficiencyML
2014
A pediatric critical care perspective on vitamin D
Abou-Zahr R, Kandil SB. A pediatric critical care perspective on vitamin D. Pediatric Research 2014, 77: 164-167. PMID: 25314583, DOI: 10.1038/pr.2014.167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVitamin DCardiac diseaseIntensive care unit stayLow vitamin D levelsCritical care perspectiveMore fluid resuscitationVitamin D levelsVitamin D supplementationVitamin D deficiencyVitamin D statusCongestive heart failureSeverity of illnessPostoperative cardiac patientsPediatric cardiac populationMechanism of actionD supplementationInotrope supportNoncardiac populationUnit stayD deficiencyD statusCritical illnessFluid resuscitationHeart failureClinical outcomes