BACKGROUND The course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is accompanied by acute exacerbations. The purpose of this study is to determine the association of serum magnesium level with acute exacerbations in COPD (COPD-AE). MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-nine patients hospitalized with COPD-AE were included. Hemogram, biochemical tests, and arterial blood gases were analyzed. Pulmon...

Background: Cisplatin is an antineoplastic agent used to treat many malignancies; however, the main side effect of cisplatin is nephrotoxicity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of hydration therapy with and without magnesium on prevention of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. Methods: This retrospective study was performed on 46 patients with malignancy who were candidate to rec...

BACKGROUND The anti-inflammatory properties of magnesium sulfate have never been discussed in brain tumor surgeries. OBJECTIVES This study is aimed to find anti-inflammatory aspects of high dose magnesium sulfate infusion during perioperative period of neurosurgical patients through checking the serial C-reactive protein (CRP) blood levels as a biomarker of inflammation. PATIENTS AND METHOD...

BACKGROUND Low serum magnesium levels in patients with kidney disease have been linked to increased mortality. This study investigated whether similar associations existed in maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients. STUDY DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS All Fresenius Medical Care North America in-center HD patients with available serum magnesium measurements were studied. The ini...

BACKGROUND Although reduced intracellular levels of magnesium have been described in patients with acute myocardial infarction, its significance as a regulator of thrombosis remains unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS To determine whether reduced intracellular levels of magnesium enhance platelet-dependent thrombosis, we evaluated 42 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) by exposing porcine ao...

1. We tested the hypothesis that patients with an acute attack of migraine headache and low serum levels (< 0.54 mmol/l) of ionized magnesium are more likely to respond to an intravenous infusion of magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) than patients with higher serum ionized magnesium levels. 2. Serum ionized magnesium levels were drawn immediately before infusion of 1 g of MgSO4 in 40 consecutive patien...

The effects of setting all T=0 two body interaction matrix elements equal to a constant (or zero) in shell model calculations (designated as < T = 0 >= 0) are investigated. Despite the apparent severity of such a procedure, one gets fairly reasonable spectra. We find that using < T = 0 >= 0 in single j shell calculations degeneracies appear e.g. the I =

The study was done in 60 diabetic patients. These patients were divided into two groups, Group I (n=30) receiving Magnesium and Metformin therapy for a period of 16 weeks and Group II (n=30) receiving only Metformin therapy. The blood samples were collected and analyzed for Serum Magnesium and fasting blood glucose at 0, 4, 8, 16 weeks respectively. In GROUP I Mean Baseline value for S. Magnesi...