background: oral care plays an inevitable role in health and well-being of patients in intensive care units (icus). poor oral care causes colonization of respiratory pathogens and secondary respiratory infections. ventilator-associated pneumonia occurs in patients on mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours. it results in prolonged duration of mechanical ventilation, mortality and health e...

TOPIC: Critical Care TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Magnesium is a major intra-cellular divalent cation. It essential for multiple metabolic and physiological processes. plays crucial role in enzymatic actions, electron transporters, the synthesis of nucleic acids. CASE PRESENTATION: A 73-year-old Caucasian male patient with past medical history Hypertension, Diabetes...