Magnesium Deficiency In Patients Hospitalized in Internal Medicine Wards
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Hypomagnesemia is a common entity in the inpatient and outpatient setting. in previous
retrospective study hypomagnesemic patients have higher mortality and longer hospitalization.
whether hypomagnesemia is merely a marker of poor prognosis, or whether replacing it can
improve outcomes is unclear. The current standard of care is to discharge these patients
without workup or further treatment, even if patients had received intravenous therapy while
hospitalized. The investigator wish to examine prospectively whether giving replacement
therapy affects mortality, length of hospital stay and overall well-being. In order to
replete intracellular levels and replete magnesium stores, magnesium should be given for
several months.