Vitamin C in critical illness: end of the story or still a place?

Author:

Radke David I.1,Homayr Anna Lulu1,Stoppe Christian23,Elke Gunnar1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel

2. Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg

3. Departments of Cardiac Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Purpose of reviewCritical illness is associated with decreased micronutrient levels, including vitamin C, an essential antioxidant for systemic inflammation. This review discusses the most recent evidence of high-dose vitamin C monotherapy in critically ill adults.Recent findingsThree randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) were published in 2022. A pilot study including 40 patients with septic shock could not detect significant differences in outcome parameters after administering vitamin C. A multicenter study with 124 septic patients showed no significant difference in 28-day mortality, while vitamin C was associated with an increased risk of acute kidney dysfunction. The LOVIT trial, an international prospective RCT in 872 septic patients, revealed an increased risk of the composite endpoint persistent organ dysfunction plus death at day 28 in the high-dose vitamin C group. Six systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRMA), including up to 4740 patients published before and 2 SRMA publications including these RCTs showed divergent results on clinical endpoints including mortality.SummaryThe use of high-dose intravenous vitamin C cannot be recommended for the septic critically ill in clinical practice since the LOVIT trial. Further research is needed to evaluate its potential role in other critically ill patients.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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