著者

Sachiko Onishi Shunpei Yoshino

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.45, no.4, pp.207-210, 2006 (Released:2006-03-15)

参考文献数

16

被引用文献数

40 47

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Symptomatic hypermagnesemia is rare and can be induced by exogenous magnesiumcontaining cathartics or antacids. We report a patient with hypermagnesemia. The patient was treated with continuous hemodiafiltration (CHDF); however, he died on the 4th hospital day. Hypermagnesemia is not easily detected because the magnesium level is not examined during routine investigations, and many physicians are relatively unfamiliar with hypermagnesemia. Hypermagnesemia should be considered in elderly patients presenting with hypotension, bradycardia, hyporeflexia, or respiratory depression, and particularly in patients with abnormal renal function or small bowel hypomotility. Magnesiumcontaining cathartics or antacids should be used more carefully in the elderly.