Magnesium deficiency in a medical ICU population

Magnesium deficiency in a medical ICU population

The serum magnesium level was measured in 94 consecutive patients admitted to the medical ICU of Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center over a 2-month period. Sixty-five percent of patients with serum creatinine concentrations of 1.1 mg/dl or less were hypomagnesemic. Of...

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Published in:Critical care medicine Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 19
Main Authors: Ryzen, E, Wagers, P W, Singer, F R, Rude, R K
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01-01-1985
Subjects:
California
Creatinine - blood
Humans
Hypocalcemia - complications
Intensive Care Units
Magnesium - therapeutic use
Magnesium Deficiency - blood
Magnesium Deficiency - complications
Magnesium Deficiency - epidemiology
California
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Summary:The serum magnesium level was measured in 94 consecutive patients admitted to the medical ICU of Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center over a 2-month period. Sixty-five percent of patients with serum creatinine concentrations of 1.1 mg/dl or less were hypomagnesemic. Of these, one third had hypocalcemia that was corrected with magnesium supplementation. Physicians should be alert to the high incidence of magnesium deficiency in critically ill patients.
ISSN:0090-3493
DOI:10.1097/00003246-198501000-00006