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Review
. 2019 Sep;19(9):290-296.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2019.05.005. Epub 2019 Jul 5.

Vitamin C and thiamine in critical illness

A M E Spoelstra-de Man  1 , H M Oudemans-van Straaten  1 , P W G Elbers  1
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Review

Vitamin C and thiamine in critical illness

A M E Spoelstra-de Man et al. BJA Educ. 2019 Sep.
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Conflict of interest statement

The authors received a grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development to perform a multicentre trial to investigate the effect of high-dose i.v. vitamin C in post-cardiac arrest syndrome.

Figures

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Fig 1
Causes of vitamin C and thiamine deficiencies in critical illness.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Pleiotropic and synergistic effects of vitamin C and thiamine. GABA, γ-aminobutyric acid.
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