Acute Crit Care.  2022 Nov;37(4):674-677. 10.4266/acc.2022.01088.

Meta-analysis assessing the effectiveness of intravenous vitamin C in patients with sepsis and septic shock

• Tariq MA
• Amin H
• Ali U

• KMID: 2540158
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4266/acc.2022.01088

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  Figure 1. Forest plot showing the effect of intravenous vitamin C compared with control on (A) intensive care unit (ICU) mortality, (B) 30-day mortality, (C) 90-day mortality, and (D) change in Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score at 72 hours. Vit: vitamin; MH: Mantel-Haenszel; CI: confidence interval; HAT: hydrocortisone, ascorbic acid, and thiamine. A list of articles indicated in Figure 1 can be found in the online Supplementary Table 1.

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