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<journal-id>1816-8949</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Anales de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Asunción)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[An. Fac. Cienc. Méd. (Asunción)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1816-8949</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[EFACIM. Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas - Universidad Nacional de Asunción]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1816-89492020000300017</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/anales/2020.053.03.17</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Características clínicas de la hipomagnesemia en pacientes adultos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical characteristics of hypomagnesemia in adult patients]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Real]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raúl Emilio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ferreira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Leticia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social Centro Médico Nacional Hospital Nacional, Departamento de Medicina Interna]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Itauguá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Itapúa  Facultad de Medicina]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Encarnación ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>53</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>17</fpage>
<lpage>24</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1816-89492020000300017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1816-89492020000300017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1816-89492020000300017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  Las causas de hipomagnesemia son diversas: disminución de la ingesta, redistribución o translocación de Mg extracelular al intracelular, pérdida gastrointestinal y pérdida renal. El objetivo fue determinar las características clínicas de la hipomagnesemia en pacientes internados en el Departamento de Medicina Interna del Hospital Nacional (Itauguá, Paraguay) en el periodo 2018 - 2019.  Materiales y métodos:  Se aplicó un diseño observacional, descriptivo, retrospectivo. Se incluyeron pacientes adultos con Mg sérico &#8804; 1,5 mg/dL. Se midieron variables demográficas, manifestaciones clínicas neuromusculares, metabólicas y electrocardiográficas. La investigación fue aprobada por el Comité de Ética de la Universidad Nacional de Itapúa (Paraguay).  Resultados:  Se detectó hipomagnesemia en 8,2% de los pacientes. La edad media de los mismos fue 55 años y 53% eran del sexo masculino. Las comorbilidades más frecuentes fueron hipertensión arterial (63%), diabetes mellitus (30%) y enfermedad renal crónica (16%). La hipomagnesemia se presentó con vómitos (34%), diarreas (13%), uso de omeprazol (97%), furosemida (31%) y corticoides (24%). Los síntomas predominantes fueron ansiedad (9%) y espasmos musculares (8%). Las alteraciones electrocardiográficas comunes fueron fibrilación auricular (11%), trastornos de la repolarización (18%) y prolongación del complejo QRS (9%).  Conclusión:  La hipomagnesemia se detectó en 8,2% de los pacientes y se presentó con vómitos (34%), diarreas (13%), uso de omeprazol (97%), furosemida (31%) y corticoides (24%).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The causes of hypomagnesemia are diverse: decreased intake, redistribution or translocation of extracellular to intracellular magnesium, gastrointestinal loss and kidney loss. The objective was to determine the clinical characteristics of hypomagnesemia in patients admitted to the Internal Medicine Department of the National Hospital (Itauguá, Paraguay) in the period 2018 - 2019.  Materials and methods:  We conducted an observational, descriptive, retrospective design. We included adult patients with serum Mg &#8804; 1.5 mg / dL. We measured demographic variables, neuromuscular, metabolic and electrocardiographic clinical manifestations. The research was approved by the Ethics Committee of the National University of Itapúa (Paraguay).  Results:  Hypomagnesemia was detected in 8.2% of the patients. Their mean age was 55 years and 53% were male. The most frequent comorbidities were hypertension (63%), diabetes mellitus (30%) and chronic kidney disease (16%). Hypomagnesemia was presented with vomiting (34%), diarrhea (13%), and use of omeprazole (97%), furosemide (31%) and corticosteroids (24%). The predominant symptoms were anxiety (9%) and muscle spasms (8%). Common electrocardiographic abnormalities were atrial fibrillation (11%), repolarization disorders (18%) and prolongation of the QRS complex (9%).  Conclusion:  We detected hypomagnesemia in 8.2% of patients and was presented with vomiting (34%), diarrhea (13%), use of omeprazole (97%), furosemide (31%) and corticosteroids (24%).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[deficiencia de Magnesio]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Magnesium]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Magnesium deficiency]]></kwd>
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