The importance of magnesium in critically ill patients: A role in mitigating neurological injury and in the prevention of vasospasms [6]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1202-1203

  Polderman, Kees H ^a   Van Zanten, Arthur R H ^b   Girbes, Armand R J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

BRAIN INJURY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; LETTER; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM DEPLETION; MAGNESIUM METABOLISM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; REPERFUSION INJURY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0041665226     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1787-y     Document Type: Letter

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