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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
Hypomagnesemia is common after kidney transplantation. Until recently, only the determination of total plasma magnesium was possible, whereas the assessment of ionized magnesium has since become practicable. One hundred and nine renal transplant patients on cyclosporine with allografts functioning stably for more than 6 months and plasma creatinine levels of less than 200 micromol/l entered the study. Total and ionized circulating magnesium were assessed among these 109 patients, as well as among 15 renal transplant patients not on cyclosporine and 21 healthy volunteers. Cyclosporine patients showed significantly lower total and ionized circulating magnesium values than the two control groups. Plasma total and ionized magnesium levels were also significantly lower among cyclosporine patients treated concurrently with insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents than among those who were not. No correlation was noted between time after transplantation and plasma magnesium with respect to patients on cyclosporine. In conclusion, the study demonstrates that a large subset of renal transplant patients treated with cyclosporine have permanent deficiencies of ionized and total magnesium. The tendency towards hypomagnesemia is also more pronounced among patients with diabetes mellitus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0934-0874
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
244-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Azathioprine, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Cardiovascular Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Child, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Cyclosporine, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Diuretics, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Hypoglycemic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Kidney Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Magnesium, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Mycophenolic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Prednisone, pubmed-meshheading:10460868-Reference Values
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Permanently reduced plasma ionized magnesium among renal transplant recipients on cyclosporine.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Berne, CH-3010 Berne, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study