Hypomagnesaemia in critically ill patients

Hypomagnesaemia in critically ill patients with haematological malignancies.

INTRODUCTION There is currently little information regarding the incidence of hypomagnesaemia and its impact on the prognosis of critically ill patients with haematological malignancies. OBJECTIVE This study sought to describe the incidence of hypomagnesaemia in critically ill patients with haematological malignancies admitted to an oncological intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS A total of ...

Nutritional Assessment in Critically Ill Patients

Background: Malnutrition is an important factor in the survival of critically ill patients. The purpose of the present study was to assess the nutritional status of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) on the days of admission and discharge via a detailed nutritional assessment. Methods: Totally, 125 patients were followed up from admission to discharge at 8ICUs in Shiraz, Iran. The patien...

probiotics in critically ill patients

Short-term proton pump inhibitor treatment may cause hypomagnesaemia in critically ill patients - a pilot study.

Many studies have suggested a link between long-term PPI treatment and hypomagnesaemia, though none of them investigated the short-term exposure in high-risk patients. We sought to investigate this issue in 90 critically ill patients. We assessed serum Mg concentrations, necessity of Mg supplementation, PPI dose, duration of PPI therapy and route of administration. In multiple analysis we found...

nutritional assessment in critically ill patients

background: malnutrition is an important factor in the survival of critically ill patients. the purpose of the present study was to assess the nutritional status of patients in the intensive care unit (icu) on the days of admission and discharge via a detailed nutritional assessment.  methods: totally, 125 patients were followed up from admission to discharge at 8icus in shiraz, iran. the patie...