Recent progress of vitamin C in management of sepsis / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Sepsis is frequently associated with multi-system organ dysfunction and refractory hypotension,leading to a high mortality and poor prognosis.As an antioxidant,ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is an important auxiliary factor for many enzymes in the organism.Numerous studies have revealed that vitamin C can attenuate the inflammatory response,improve microcirculatory and hypotension in sepsis,and also can enhance the role of catecholamine in central nervous system,to prevent sepsis-induced organ failure and improve prognosis of patients.