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SERUM MAGNESIUM LEVEL IN CHRONIC ASTHMA IN PEDIATRICS | ||
| IRAQI JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 40-43 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ammar Al-Shebli; Ibtisam T. Alobusi; Hussam M. Al-Alwany; Najim Al-Ruznamaj | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Asthma in Latin means difficult breathing; it's the most common chronic illness in children. Asthma defined as reversible airway obstruction due to hyper- reactivity of the airways, and its still raising a lot of concern regarding mortality and morbidity, which are still increasing regardless of the advance of management. The Serum level of Magnesium (Mg) in asthmatics & if any variation from normal children is the subject of this study. Aim: Aim of the study is to measure the serum level of Mg in asthmatics with different degrees of severity & compare it to normal children. Patients and method: A total number of 100 patients subjected to study, 50 asthmatics patients & 50 controls patients. Assessment of asthmatics attacks & measurement of serum Mg for the cases & measurement of serum level of magnesium for the non-asthmatics controls. Results: The results show that there is lower serum Mg in asthmatics than the control group but no significant correlation to severity of asthma. Conclusion: Serum magnesium is important element to look for in asthma hence the low serum level compare to other children, which may help in management. Key words: asthma, magnesium, and severity | ||
| Keywords | ||
| asthma; magnesium; and severity | ||
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