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Research Article | Volume 13 Issue:4 (, 2023) | Pages 661 - 671
Assessment of Serum Magnesium Levels in Ischemic Stroke Patients and Its Correlation with Severity of Neurological Disability: A Case Control Study
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DOI : 10.5083/ejcm
Published
Nov. 13, 2023
Abstract

Introduction: World Health Organization clinically defines a stroke as ‘the rapid development of clinical signs and symptoms of a focal neurological disturbance lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death with no apparent cause other than vascular origin’. Hypomagnesaemia leads to neuromuscular hyperirritability, tremors, increased vascular resistance, coronary vasospasm and hypertension. Hypomagnesaemia triggers vasoconstriction enhancing vascular endothelial injury and hence leads to atherosclerosis. Subjects and Methods: It was a case control study, undertaken in the Department of Medicine in S Nijalingappa medical college and HSK Hospital during the period of July 2021–December 2022. 30 patients with acute ischemic cerebral stroke fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected. 2 ml venous sample for serum magnesium level was taken within 24 hours. Magnesium levels in patients after acute cerebral ischemic stroke were documented in patients, receiving standard management protocol of ischemic stroke. The correlation co-efficient of Hypomagnesaemia with modified Rankin Scale Score was calculated. Results: The mean age of patients was 45-80 years, 36 (60 %) patients were male and 24 (40 %) were females and there was male preponderance. The mean serum magnesium levels were measured. The present study observed a statistically significant correlation between modified Rankin Scale score measured at three months and serum magnesium level. Conclusion: It was concluded through the results of this study that Hypomagnesaemia in the body can cause more severe ischemic stroke.

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