Dr Todd Rice Explains the Anti-Inflammatory Benefits of Vitamin D to Our Immune Systems

We have seen that low levels of vitamin D are associated with worse outcomes in critical illness—for instance, needing to be in the ICU more—but we are still working to figure out just why, noted Todd W. Rice, MD, FCCP, associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, in an interview for this year’s CHEST Annual Meeting.