Vitamin C and the renal-failure patient: risk of oxalosis.
Surgical patients are often treated with vitamins, such as vitamin C, postoperatively. Many surgical patients may have been depleted of essential nutrients through poor diet, debilitation, lack of adequate oral nutrition, or other effects of prolonged hospitalization. Vitamins are essential cofactors in many of the normal wound healing processes. Furthermore, vitamin therapy is thought to carry no risk of harm. While this is generally true, oversupplementation with vitamin C can increase the risk of oxalosis in patients who are predisposed.
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R-D Laboratories, Inc. Marina Del Rey, Calif.