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Magnesium for Critical and Emergency Care
Magnesium (Mg) deficiency commonly occurs in critical illness and correlates with a higher mortality and worse clinical outcome in intensive care units.
Studies are now underway that have emergency crew personnel authorized to administer IV magnesium immediately. Preliminary trial found “promising” effects of mg SO4 (mg sulfate) on stroke victims if given early enough, before getting to Emergency Rooms.
Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation and the fourth most abundant cation in the body. It is essential for transmembrane and intracellular modulator of cellular electrical activity. Deficiency of magnesium in the body can be critically damaging for the life of our cells.
