Well a quick google search and pulmonary critical care, Chest amongst other respectable medical journals have carried this retrospective research on 47 patients. They promote better research and do not baulk at this.
Seems that the world is not against helping people recover.
Another point, the best thing people can do to fight MRSA and other MRO’s is wash hands. Hospitals put a huge amount of resources into compliance and education of this.
From a reputable journal,
Septic patients are invariably deficient in Vitamin C, and frequently deficient in thiamine.
Deficiencies in Vitamin C and thiamine might explain many of the abnormalities seen in sepsis.
Vitamin C and thiamine have an outstanding track record of safety, proven over decades of experimentation and clinical experience.
Five RCTs have suggested benefit from Vitamin C or thiamine in critically ill patients, with no evidence of toxicity.
A recent before-after study found a substantial mortality benefit from the combination of stress-dose steroid, IV vitamin C, and IV thiamine. Although this isn't an RCT, the results are quite striking.
Further research is required, but in the interim this is a reasonable intervention given the excellent safety profile of these agents.
