Magnesium levels in critically ill patients: What should we measure?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 688-695

  Huijgen, H J ^a   Soesan, M ^a   Sanders, R ^a   Mairuhu, W M ^a   Kesecioglu, J ^a   Sanders, G T ^a  

^a BovenIJ Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

APACHE; Critical care; Intensive care; Ion selective electrode; Magnesium; Magnesium deficiency; Mortality; Serum albumin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; MAGNESIUM;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERUM;

CATIONS, DIVALENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0034520883     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/JR9Y-PPTX-AJTC-QDRD     Document Type: Article

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