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Prevalence and predictive factors of preoperative hypomagnesaemia among adult surgical patients in a large tertiary hospital in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation and a co-factor in several reactions involved in the formation and usage of adenosine triphosphate and nucleic acid synthesis. Magnesium deficiency may be as high as 65 % in patients admitted to a medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU...

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Autores principales: Djagbletey, R., Boni, F., Phillips, B., Adu-Gyamfi, Y., Aniteye, E., Owoo, C., Owusu-Darkwa, E., Yawson, A. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4596514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26445219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-015-0116-7