QUESTION Magnesium is considered adjuvant therapy for moderate to severe asthma exacerbations in adults, but can it be used to treat children? ANSWER Magnesium seems to be beneficial in the treatment of moderate to severe asthma in children. It is a safe drug to administer, but there have been minor side effects reported, such as epigastric or facial warmth, flushing, pain and numbness at the...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Magnesium sulfate has been shown to benefit asthmatic children and adults with poor responses to initial beta(2)-agonist therapy in the emergency department. We sought to determine whether the routine early administration of high-dose magnesium would benefit moderate to severely ill children with acute asthma. METHODS This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled tri...

Article received: 15.01.2013, accepted for publication 24.04.2013. Article is dedicated to the problem of headache in children. This pathology is being found more frequently in pediatric and children’s neurologic practice. The authors examine headache pathogenesis from the position of magnesium deficiency. Analysis of results of the modern studies on magnesium deficiency and its correction in p...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the effect of intravenous and nebulised magnesium sulphate upon hospital admissions and pulmonary function in adults and children with acute asthma. METHODS We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and quasi-randomised trials of intravenous or nebulised magnesium sulphate in acute asthma. Trials were identified by searches of the electronic liter...

AIM To evaluate the effectiveness of intravenous magnesium sulphate in the treatment of acute asthmatic attacks in children by meta-analysis. METHODS A systematic and comprehensive search of the literature was performed to identify controlled clinical trials of magnesium sulphate in paediatric acute asthma which evaluated outcomes of hospitalisation or short term pulmonary function tests or s...

BACKGROUND Several micronutrients are essential for adequate growth of children. However, little information is available on multiple micronutrient status of school children in Ethiopia. The present study was designed to evaluate the relationship between multiple micronutrient levels and nutritional status among school children. METHOD In this cross-sectional study, anthropometric data, blood...

OBJECTIVES Minerals such as zinc, copper, selenium, calcium, and magnesium are essential for normal human development and functioning of the body. They have been found to play important roles in immuno-physiologic functions. The study is to evaluate the distribution and correlation of nonessential (lead) and essential elements in whole blood from 1- to 72-month old children. METHODS The cross...

Concerning my hypothesis of efficacy of magnesium throat lozenges as a rapid acting rescue treatment for asthma as I described in my 2006 article [1] published in this journal, I only worked with adults that had allergy-induced asthma. I did not work with infants or children. There is an important difference between the asthma of adults and that of the pediatric age group. Adult asthma is belie...

I t is well known that type 1 diabetes is associated with magnesium deficiency (1), which may be followed by vascular complications (2–5). As a consequence, magnesium supplementation has been advocated to diabetic patients to minimize the risk of serious complications (6– 8). The magnitude of hypomagnesemia in diabetic subjects is, however, difficult to establish because most studies have repor...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between beverage choices and the adequacy of nutrient intakes among children and adolescents. DESIGN Beverages reported in 24-hour recall records were classified as milk, 100% juice, fruit-flavored drinks, or carbonated sodas. Recommended intakes were based on Recommended Dietary Allowances or Dietary Reference Intakes. PARTICIPANTS Four thousand seventy...