title: Clinical consequences and management of hypomagnesemia.
abstract: Magnesium deficiency and hypomagnesemia remain quite prevalent, particularly in patients in intensive care units, and may have important clinical consequences. Magnesium should be measured directly in clinical circumstances in which a risk for magnesium deficiency exists and appropriately corrected when found. This commentary reviews the current knowledge of magnesium homeostasis and the risk factors and clinical consequences of magnesium deficiency and outlines approaches to therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Esther A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Slatopolsky
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood* / Q000502:physiology; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D008274:Magnesium