• Clin Nutr · Oct 1989

    Subclinical riboflavin deficiency is associated with outcome of seriously ill patients.

    • S D Shenkin, A M Cruickshank, and A Shenkin.
    • Institute of Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland.
    • Clin Nutr. 1989 Oct 1; 8 (5): 269-71.

    AbstractThe biochemical status of 152 patients in the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) was examined in relation to their clinical outcome. Patients who died in ITU or within one week of discharge were found to have significantly poorer riboflavin status than those who survived, but the majority of these measurements were within the normal range. Normal ranges established on a healthy population may therefore not be appropriate in investigation of vitamin nutritional status in seriously ill patients. These results do however suggest that riboflavin status is a risk factor in critically ill patients, and that subclinical riboflavin depletion may affect outcome.

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