LOS-ANGELES-COUNTY UNIVERSITY-OF-SOUTHERN-CALIFORNIA MEDICAL-CENTER CLINICAL PATHOLOGY CASE CONFERENCE - EXTREME HYPERMAGNESEMIA IN A NEONATE

Authors
HUEY CG CHAN KM WONG ET NELSON JM DURAND M
Citation
Cg. Huey et al., LOS-ANGELES-COUNTY UNIVERSITY-OF-SOUTHERN-CALIFORNIA MEDICAL-CENTER CLINICAL PATHOLOGY CASE CONFERENCE - EXTREME HYPERMAGNESEMIA IN A NEONATE, Clinical chemistry, 41(4), 1995, pp. 615-618
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Medicinal
Journal title
Clinical chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00099147
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
615 - 618
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-9147(1995)41:4<615:LUMC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A preterm male infant born at 33 weeks of gestation developed respirat ory depression and apnea at similar to 20 h after birth. Laboratory te sts indicated severe hypermagnesemia, acidosis, and hypercalcemia. Cor d blood and maternal blood concentrations of magnesium were normal. Th e effects and possible causes of hypermagnesemia are reviewed. The inf ant recovered with treatment, although the etiology of his hypermagnes emia remains unknown.