Routine serum magnesium determination: a contemporary clinical imperative

Autor: R, Whang, D D, Whang, K W, Ryder, T O, Oei
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Magnesium research. 3(4)
ISSN: 0953-1424
Popis: Identification of hypomagnesaemia or hypermagnesaemia is presently the most expeditious method of clinically identifying perturbations in Mg metabolism. Clinicians may overlook as much as 90% of clinical hypomagnesaemia and hypermagnesaemia when serum Mg is determined on order versus on a routine basis. Routine serum Mg determination will facilitate management of digitalis toxicity in patients who are not currently identified as being hypomagnesaemic as well as preventing the occurrence of refractory K repletion. In our opinion routine serum Mg determination represents a clinical need which has not been addressed to date.
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