Abstract

Magnesium aspartate hydrochloride (MgAH) (Magnesiocard, Ciba-Geigy, Summit, NJ, USA) is a magnesium compound designed for oral administration in the treatment of magnesium deficiency. The intent of this randomised trial was to determine if MgAH is able to prevent and/or replenish the cisplatin-induced loss of body stores of magnesium

Highlights

  • Patients completing all planned cycles ofchemotherapy who had all planned serum magnesium determinations are included in this analysis

  • Since severe hypomagnesaemia can lead to clinically significant morbidity we analysed frequency of hypomagnesaemia

  • There were only two documentations of a magnesium level

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Summary

Introduction

Patients completing all planned cycles ofchemotherapy who had all planned serum magnesium determinations are included in this analysis. Group B than in group A, but this difference was not statistically significant. Since severe hypomagnesaemia can lead to clinically significant morbidity we analysed frequency of hypomagnesaemia

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