T HREE experiments were conducted with eight gestating Angus cows to study the effects of feeding different magnesium levels at 145,200 and 255 days gestation. Each trial consisted of a S-day adjustment period and a 10-day experimental period. The average daily magnesium intake for the cows fed the basal ration was 3.4 grams. Supplemental magnesium was added at levels of 0, 4.1, 8.2 and 16.4 g ...

Magnesium is one of the most abundant cations in the body and is involved in many cell functions. Serum magnesium concentration is maintained within a narrow range by the kidney and digestive tract. It has been reported that a lower serum magnesium level is a significant predictor for mortality in hemodialysis patients. Body composition and inflammation are important predictors of mortality in ...

PURPOSE This study tested the clinical utility and relevance of serum phosphorus and magnesium as markers possibly useful to monitor training in athletes. METHODS Phosphorus and magnesium serum concentrations of 130 elite track and field athletes (65 males and 65 females, age range 20-30 years) from the National Athletics Sports Medicine Center database in Thessaloniki, Greece were measured. ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether overweight children and adolescents have lower serum concentration and lower dietary intake of magnesium compared to those with normal weight; and to study the correlation of serum magnesium levels with components of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents. DESIGN Cross-sectional, comparative study. SETTING General/Pediatric Endocrinolgy OPD tertiary c...

OBJECTIVE The determination of serum magnesium levels in migraine. METHODS In a case control study performed between January 2007 and December 2007 at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, 140 migraine patients were enrolled and their level of serum magnesium was determined and the results were compared with 140 healthy people who did not have any headache, kidney, or gastroint...

BACKGROUND Prospective studies that have examined the association between dietary magnesium intake and serum magnesium concentrations and the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events have reported conflicting findings. We undertook a meta-analysis to evaluate the association between dietary magnesium intake and serum magnesium concentrations and the risk of total CVD events. METHODOLOGY/PR...

Magnesium is an essential metal that has important roles in physiological function of the body organs. Ethambutol is an oral antitubercular agent with chelating effects owing to its chemical structure. The aim of present study is to determine whether ethambutol usage can alter serum magnesium concentration in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Sixty patients with diagnosis of pulmonary tuber...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of diabetes in China is increasing rapidly. However, scarce data are available on serum electrolyte levels in Chinese adults with diabetes, especially in those with cardiovascular complications. This study measured serum electrolyte levels and examined their relationship with macrovascular complications in Chinese adults with diabetes. METHODS The three gender- and a...

Hypomagnesemia and hypocalcemia are common adverse events during cetuximab treatment. The influence of the chemotherapeutic combination on serum levels is unknown and the predictive value is currently under discussion. This analysis investigated 79 patients who had received cetuximab for at least 6 weeks in the day clinic of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Munich. Calcium and mag...

Background: Magnesium deficiency is a common, yet under-diagnosed problem in the intensive Care Unit (ICU). Our aim was to determine the prevalence of abnormalities in serum magnesium concentrations in critically ill patients upon admission to the ICU. The association of serum magnesium level with prognosis was also studied. Materials and Methods: This historical cohort study was conducted in t...