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Hypomagnesaemia is common finding in current medical practice mainly in critically ill, post-operative patients and patients admitted to ICU in tertiary cancer cases. Magnesium has been directly implicated in hypokalemia, hypocalcaemia and dysrrthymias. We report a case of 60 year old patient, suffering from rectal carcinoma for a period of one year with confirmed hypokalemia, hypocalcaemia and hyponatremia. Magnesium supplementation corrected the underlying multiple electrolyte disturbances in the patient thus, establishing a positive correlation of magnesium with sodium, potassium and calcium.
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Gupta, S., Sodhi, S., Kaur, J. et al. Improvement in electrolyte imbalance in critically ill patient after magnesium supplementation — A case report. Indian J Clin Biochem 24, 208–210 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-009-0039-5
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