Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation and the fourth most common cation in the body [1]. Its importance as an essential nutrient has been recognized since 1932, when Kruse et al. [2] reported the effects of acute Mg deficiency in rats. Even recently Mg was considered the "forgotten cation" in clinical practice [3]; however, this is no longer the case [4]. Estimates of Mg deficiency range from 20% to 61% [5, 6, 7], while a recent study found that reductions in total serum Mg on admission are associated with increased mortality [8]. © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Noronha, J. L., & Matuschak, G. M. (2009). Magnesium in critical illness: Metabolism, assessment, and treatment. In Applied Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine (Second Edition) (pp. 201–213). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01769-8_36
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