Prevalence of hypomagnesemia (HM) in a geriatric long-term care (LTC) setting

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-40

  Arinzon, Zeev ^a,b   Peisakh, Alexander ^c   Schrire, Samuel ^c   Berner, Yitshal Neor ^a,d  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Frieda Schiff Warburg Geriatric Ctr   (Israel)

^c Siach Sod Rehabilitation Center for Children With Special Needs   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Geriatric long term care; Hypomagnesemia in elderly; Magnesium

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; DIURETIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

AGED; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77953292959     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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