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Liposomal-encapsulated Ascorbic Acid: Influence on Vitamin C Bioavailability and Capacity to Protect against Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury

Nutrition and Metabolic Insights, 2016
Intravenous administration of vitamin C has been shown to decrease oxidative stress and, in some instances, improve physiological function in adult humans.
Janelle L. Davis, Hunter L. Paris, Joseph W. Beals, Scott E. Binns, Gregory R. Giordano, Rebecca L. Scalzo, Melani M. Schweder, Emek Blair, Christopher Bell   +8 more
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Intravenously administered vitamin C as cancer therapy: three cases [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2006
Early clinical studies showed that high-dose vitamin C, given by intravenous and oral routes, may improve symptoms and prolong life in patients with terminal cancer. Double-blind placebo-controlled studies of oral vitamin C therapy showed no benefit.
Sebastian J, Padayatty, Hugh D, Riordan, Stephen M, Hewitt, Arie, Katz, L John, Hoffer, Mark, Levine   +5 more
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Intravenous Vitamin C administration reduces fatigue in office workers: a double-blind randomized controlled trial

Nutrition Journal, 2012
Background Studies of the efficacy of vitamin C treatment for fatigue have yielded inconsistent results. One of the reasons for this inconsistency could be the difference in delivery routes. Therefore, we planned a clinical trial with intravenous vitamin
Suh Sang-Yeon, Bae Woo, Ahn Hong-Yup, Choi Sung-Eun, Jung Gyou-Chul, Yeom Chang   +5 more
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Interference of Intravenous Vitamin C With Blood Glucose Testing [PDF]

Diabetes Care, 2014
Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is an integral component in the management of diabetes. However, it is important to understand the limitations of SMBG due to presence of interfering substances (1). We present a patient with diabetes and malignancy, who had falsely elevated blood glucose readings following administration of intravenous ascorbic ...
Sumangala Vasudevan, Irl B. Hirsch
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Mortality in septic patients treated with vitamin C: a systematic meta-analysis

Critical Care, 2021
Background Supplementation of vitamin C in septic patients remains controversial despite eight large clinical trials published only in 2020. We aimed to evaluate the evidence on potential effects of vitamin C treatment on mortality in adult septic ...
Sean S. Scholz, Rainer Borgstedt, Nicole Ebeling, Leoni C. Menzel, Gerrit Jansen, Sebastian Rehberg   +5 more
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Stability of intravenous vitamin C solutions: a technical report

Critical Care and Resuscitation, 2018
There has recently been a surge of interest in intravenous (IV) vitamin C as a potential therapy in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, particularly in those with septic shock. Establishing the safety and efficacy of IV vitamin C therapy through rigorously conducted randomised controlled trials is a priority.
Anitra, Carr, Christina, Wohlrab, Paul, Young, Rinaldo, Bellomo   +3 more
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Adjunctive intravenous then oral vitamin C for moderate and severe community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized adults: feasibility of randomized controlled trial

Scientific Reports, 2023
Patients hospitalised with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) have low peripheral blood vitamin C concentrations and limited antioxidant capacity.
Stephen T. Chambers, Malina Storer, Amy Scott-Thomas, Sandy Slow, Jonathan Williman, Michael Epton, David R. Murdoch, Sarah Metcalf, Anitra Carr, Heather Isenman, Michael Maze   +10 more
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Vitamin C supplementation in the critically ill: A systematic review and meta-analysis

SAGE Open Medicine, 2018
Background: Low plasma levels of vitamin C are associated with adverse outcomes, including increased mortality, in critically ill patients. Several trials have suggested that the administration of intravenous vitamin C in this setting may have beneficial
Michael Zhang, David F Jativa
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Intravenous Vitamin C Administration Improved Blood Cell Counts and Health-Related Quality of Life of Patient with History of Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

Antioxidants, 2018
A 52-year-old female presented to Integrated Health Options Clinic in October 2014 with a history of relapsed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML, diagnosed in 2009 and relapsed in 2014).
Mike N. Foster, Anitra C. Carr, Alina Antony, Selene Peng, Mike G. Fitzpatrick   +4 more
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Review of high‐dose intravenous vitaminCas an anticancer agent [PDF]

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2014
AbstractIn the 1970s,Pauling andCameron reported increased survival of patients with advanced cancer treated with high‐dose intravenous (IV) vitaminC(L‐ascorbate, ascorbic acid). These studies were criticized for their retrospective nature and lack of standardization of key prognostic factors including performance status.
Michelle K, Wilson, Bruce C, Baguley, Clare, Wall, Michael B, Jameson, Michael P, Findlay   +4 more
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