High vitamin B12 levels are not associated with increased mortality risk for ICU patients after adjusting for liver function: A cohort study

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10163566	e-SPEN Journal	2014	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Elevated B12 levels are not a significant predictor of mortality after ICU admission when liver function is controlled for, and may instead be a proxy for poor liver function.

Keywords

CCU TPN SICU ALB MCV methylmalonic acid MICU VIF ALT ICD-9 TcII MMA IQR AST Aspartate aminotransferase Alanine aminotransferase Albumin ALP Alkaline phosphatase intensive care unit Liver disease Transcobalamin II tHcy Mean corpuscular volume prothrombin time Liver function Variance inflation factor inter-quartile range Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Critical care Mortality total homocysteine Haptocorrin coronary care unit Surgical intensive care unit Medical intensive care unit vitamin B12 total bilirubin Total parenteral nutrition MELD

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High vitamin B12 levels are not associated with increased mortality risk for ICU patients after adjusting for liver function: A cohort study

Authors

Fiona M. Callaghan, Kira Leishear, Swapna Abhyankar, Dina Demner-Fushman, Clement J. McDonald,