To investigate the effects of dietary magnesium, potassium, and sodium on children's lung function, the authors examined cross-sectional dietary data and pulmonary function tests from 2,566 children aged 11-19 years who attended schools in 12 southern California communities during 1998-1999. During school visits, each child completed a health update questionnaire, a validated food frequency que...

IMPORTANCE Antenatal magnesium sulfate given to pregnant women at imminent risk of very preterm delivery reduces the risk of cerebral palsy in early childhood, although its effects into school age have not been reported from randomized trials. OBJECTIVE To determine the association between exposure to antenatal magnesium sulfate and neurological, cognitive, academic, and behavioral outcomes a...

OBJECTIVE Magnesium (Mg) is thought to be an important element in the pathogenesis of acute asthma attacks. We hypothesized that erythrocytic Mg would be decreased during an acute asthma exacerbation. We aimed at investigating plasma and erythrocytic Mg in acute asthmatic children. METHODS This case-control study included 30 Egyptian outpatients with acute asthma. Thirty healthy matched child...

Lumbar spine bone mineral density and bone mineral metabolism were studied in 13 children three months or more after completion of cytotoxic chemotherapy that included ifosfamide given for different malignancies. Blood and urine were analysed for calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium and blood for alkaline phosphatase activity, parathyroid hormone, and 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3. Bone mineral density (B...

There is little information regarding kidney function in patients with beta-thalassemia minor. In this study we investigated kidney function tests in 50 children with beta-thalassemia minor (22 boys and 28 girls). Twenty-four-hour urine samples were collected and analyzed for sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, creatinine, phosphate, uric acid, protein, and beta2-microglobulin. Blood samples...

The risk of cerebral palsy (CP) is inversely correlated with gestational age at birth [1]. CP is accompanied with life-long consequences for the child, its family and society as a whole. Metaanalyses have indicated that magnesium sulphate may be neuroprotective for the preterm infant, when the drug is given to women at high risk of preterm birth [2,3]. However, this was recently questioned by a...

MULTIPLE DERANfJEMENTS OF CATION HOMEOSTASIS have been reported with the use of haemodilution techniques in patients undergoing open-heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, t'~ However, there have been few reports on alterations in ionic calcium ~.~ or magnesium, in particular when relatively large volume acid citrate dextrose blood primes are used in children. This has special relevance in ...

Intravenous magnesium sulfate (IVMg) has shown beneficial effects in acute asthma in adults because of its potential to reverse the bronchospasm. The results are however, not consistent in all studies. With this background the present randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted in children of 6-18 years age. The cases in study and control groups (15 and 16 patients, respectively), select...

The Incidence of childhood obesity and metabolic syndrome is increasing even in rural and semi-urban regions of India. Adipose tissue mass secretes several inflammatory proteins, which could potentially alter the metabolic processes, leading to several complications at the later stages of life. With limited studies on protein bound sialic acid (PBSA) as a marker of oxidative stress mediated inf...

Objective(s): Febrile seizures (FS) are the most common type of convulsive events among children. Its prevalence has been estimated to be 2-5% in children between 3 months and 5 years old. Also, blood and CSF magnesium levels have been demonstrated to be reduced in children with FS. This study investigates the effect of MgSo4 pretreatment on the behaviors caused by hyperthermia (HT) and effect ...