Magnesium is one of the most abundant cations in the human body. It is utilised extensively
within the medical world and its role in the treatment of various conditions in both mother …

Magnesium, one of the essential elements in the human body, has numerous favorable
effects that offer a variety of possibilities for its use in obstetric anesthesia and intensive care …

Magnesium has an established role in obstetrics and an evolving role in other clinical areas,
in particular cardiology. Many of the effects involving magnesium are still a matter of …

The use of magnesium in obstetric practice has been a contentious issue since its use for
the control of eclamptic convulsions was described by Lazard.'Not only the pharmacological …

Magnesium is a critical physiological ion, and magnesium deficiency might contribute to the
development of pre-eclampsia, to impaired neonatal development and to metabolic …

Magnesium plays a fundamental role in many cellular functions, and thus there is increasing
interest in its role in clinical medicine. Although numerous experimental studies indicate …

The role of magnesium in medicine has advanced considerably over the last 10 yr as
exemplified by the two papers on the subject in the current issue of the British Journal of …

Purpose To review current knowledge concerning the use of magnesium in anesthesiology,
intensive care and emergency medicine. Methods References were obtained from …

Until recently, the function of magnesium in biological processes was largely ignored to the
point where it was described as the 'forgotten ion'. However, in the last few years there has …

Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation1, 2 and the fourth when the
extracellular medium is also considered1. As a cofactor, it is involved in more than 300 …