TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1988//
TI  - Extreme hypermagnesemia caused by an overdose of magnesium-containing cathartics
JO  - Annals of emergency medicine
A1  - Gerard, S. K.
A1  - Hernandez, C.
A1  - Khayam-Bashi, H.
SP  - 728
EP  - 731
VL  - 17
IS  - 7
N2  - We describe a patient who survived a peak serum magnesium level of 9.5 mmol/L (23.0 mg/dL) after an oral cathartic overdose. The patient presented in coma but regained full consciousness over the next six hours with supportive therapy. His serum magnesium had returned to near-normal levels by the following morning at the time of his hospital discharge. This case represents an unprecedented extent of ingestion-related hypermagnesemia in a surviving patient, given that serum levels of more than 8 mmol/L are frequently associated with death from cardiac arrest.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0196-0644
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -