Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry
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Clinical Trial
Monitoring of serum ionized magnesium in neurosurgical intensive care unit: preliminary results.
Our purpose was to determine the values for serum ionized magnesium (Mg) concentrations in traumatic brain injury and its effect on the prognostic scores of patients. ⋯ Based on this clinical preliminary study, traumatic brain injury is associated with graded deficit in serum ionized magnesium concentrations. Thus, measurement of serum ionized magnesium concentrations can be used as a clinical marker in traumatic brain injury.