Medicine

Severe hypermagnesemia induced by magnesium oxide ingestion: a case series

Hiroki Yamaguchi, H. Shimada, Kazuhiro Yoshita, Yutaka Tsubata, Kouzou Ikarashi, T. Morioka, N. Saito, S. Sakai, I. Narita

2018.8.22CEN Case Reports

DOI: 10.1007/s13730-018-0359-5

tlooto Summary

The cases of four elderly patients with constipation and symptomatic hypermagnesemia caused by MgO ingestion are presented and it is suggested that patients with chronic kidney disease and the elderly are at risk of hyperMagnesemia on magnesium administration.

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YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki, et al. Severe hypermagnesemia induced by magnesium oxide ingestion: A case series. CEN Case Reports, 2018, 8: 31–37.