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 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.
D002140:California; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000150:complications; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008274:Magnesium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology
D003404:Creatinine; D008274:Magnesium