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Routine serum magnesium determination: a contemporary clinical imperative
R Whang1, D D Whang, K W Ryder
1Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City.
Abstract:
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.