Sepsis & infection

Intravenous vitamin C therapy in adult patients with sepsis: A rapid practice guideline

Acta Anaesthesiol ScandPublished Rapid practice guideline

Methodological detailsGRADE approach, evidence-to-decision framework, based on updated systematic review
  • GRADE approach
  • Evidence-to-decision framework
  • Based on updated systematic review

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. conditional recommendation

    Against using IV vitamin C therapy in sepsis, beyond standard nutritional supplementation (undesirable consequences judged to probably outweigh desirable; 90-day mortality RR 1.05, 95% CI 0.94 to 1.17, 6 trials, n = 2148, moderate certainty)

Original publication

Intravenous vitamin C therapy in adult patients with sepsis: A rapid practice guideline. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 27 July 2023. doi:10.1111/aas.14311

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