Association of hypomagnesemia with mortality in critically ill patients who admitted in intensive care unit

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between hypomagnesaemia and mortality in critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study approved by the Research Council of the Medical School, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical School, a total of 80 patients who were hospitalized between March 2019 and July 2021 in Sina and Al-Zahra Hospitals participated in the study. A checklist containing demographic information including age-sex, vasopressor use, renal replacement therapy (RRT) and hospitalization outcome was recorded in the ICU. APACHE, NUTRIC and SOFA scores were calculated based on the attached tables for patients. Results : A total of 39 men and 41 women were included in the study. The mean age of patients was 18.85 ± 54.02. Regarding serum magnesium level, 42.5% of patients had serum magnesium level less than 1.7 and 53.75% of patients had serum magnesium level of 2.4_1.7. It was found that the mortality rate in patients with serum magnesium levels less than 1.7 mg / dl was significantly higher than patients with higher serum magnesium levels.