Serum calcium and magnesium levels in acute gastroenteritis
| Autor: | Nayan Kumar Patel, Gouri Oram, Prafulla Kumar Bariha, Madhav Kumar Kedia, Chakradhar Majhi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Acute diarrhea business.industry S. Magnesium Early detection chemistry.chemical_element Acute gastroenteritis Calcium medicine.disease Gastroenterology Hypokalemia Acute Gastroenteritis Correlation Hypomagnesemia chemistry S. Calcium Internal medicine medicine Vomiting medicine.symptom Hyponatremia business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Medical Research and Review; Vol 8 No 6 (2020): Nov-Dec; 416-423 |
| ISSN: | 2320-8686 2321-127X |
| Popis: | Background: Acute diarrhea endemic in India has a prevalence of 7% which is commonly seen inchildren and also is a major problem in adults. Acute diarrhea with dehydration culminates in theloss of electrolytes. Not only Na+ K+ but also Ca2+and Mg2+ are also substantially lost and lead tosymptoms and adds to morbidity and prolong hospitalization. Methods: In this observational study,a total of 100 cases of acute gastroenteritis admitted to the department of general medicine andinfectious disease ward of VIMSAR, Burla, between November 2018 to December 2019 wereinvestigated clinically and biochemically and data were interpreted statistically. Results: Males(56%) were more in number than females (44%), were mostly in the age group of 26-35 years(24%). Hypocalcemia, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, and hyponatremia were found in 97%, 59%,49%, 48% of cases respectively. Correlation of Serum Ca2+with (r-value) total episodes of vomiting(-0.536), total episode of stools (-0.880), S. Na+ level (-0.374), S. K+ level (-0.729), with theduration of hospital stay (-0.770) respectively. Correlation of S. Mg2+ levels with (r-value) totalepisodes of vomiting (-0.475), total episode of stools (-0.498), S. Na+ level (-0.301), S. K+ level(-0.801), duration of hospital stay (-0.699) respectively. The correlations were found to bestatistically highly significant (with a p-value is |
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