Association of baseline serum vitamin C levels with systemic inflammatory response syndrome in critically ill patients ‒ An observational study

Key Points

• The study aims to determine how baseline serum vitamin C levels relate to systemic inflammatory response syndrome in critically ill patients.
• Conducted an observational study on critically ill patients.
• Measured baseline serum vitamin C levels and calculated SIRS and APACHE II scores.
• Compared predictive values of SIRS and APACHE II for vitamin C deficiency.
• SIRS score demonstrated greater predictive value for vitamin C deficiency than other scores.
• Combining SIRS with APACHE II increased predictive accuracy for vitamin C deficiency.