Vitamin C for Cardiac Surgery Patients: Several Errors in a Published Meta-Analysis. Comment on "Effects of Vitamin C on Organ Function in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients 2019, 11, 2103"

Harri Hemilä; Elizabeth Chalker

doi:10.3390/nu12020586

Vitamin C for Cardiac Surgery Patients: Several Errors in a Published Meta-Analysis. Comment on "Effects of Vitamin C on Organ Function in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients 2019, 11, 2103"

Nutrients. 2020 Feb 24;12(2):586. doi: 10.3390/nu12020586.

Authors

Harri Hemilä¹, Elizabeth Chalker²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, POB 41, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
² School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.

Abstract

We recently published a meta-analysis on vitamin C and the length of intensive care unit [ICU] stay [...].

Keywords: artificial respiration; ascorbic acid; atrial fibrillation; cardiac surgical procedures; critical care; meta-analysis; systematic review.

MeSH terms

Ascorbic Acid / therapeutic use*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Humans
Intention to Treat Analysis
Meta-Analysis as Topic*
Respiration, Artificial
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Ascorbic Acid