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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4148</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131910</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Vitamin D Status in Covid-19 Patients Admitted to ICU in a Tertiary Care Hospital&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>R</surname><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>AH</surname><given-names>Manjunathaswamy</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>N</surname><given-names>Viswanath</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>SM</surname><given-names>Chandrashekarappa</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>D</surname><given-names>Kalvapudi</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>11</day><month>10</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>9)</volume><issue/><fpage>117</fpage><lpage>124</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background: The pandemic outbreak of COVID 19 has affected people worldwide. Studies have shown that deficiency of vitamin D is associated with increased susceptibility to respiratory infection. Aim: To evaluate vitamin D status and the possible association of vitamin D levels and biomarkers in COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Methodology: A cross-sectional study done confirmed COVID 19 patients were admitted to ICU. Blood count, vitamin D, inflammatory markers and blood gas parameters were measured. Duration of stay and outcome were recorded. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS V.25 Results: Study done on 155 patients with COVID 19 showed 94.2% participants had Vitamin D deficiency (Vitamin D 20 ng/mL and vitamin D 50 years and the females had lower vitamin D levels. The majority of COVID-19 patients in whom mortality was the outcome, had lower levels of Vitamin D.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Vitamin D</kwd><kwd> COVID 19 infection</kwd><kwd> Inflammatory markers</kwd><kwd> SARS CoV-2</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
