Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
Children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have increased requirements for magnesium during recovery
The decrease in mean serum magnesium at transition phase was not significant when compared to admission
The mean serum magnesium levels at admission, during transition and at discharge 1Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Karnataka, India *Correspondence: dakshayani.sreeraghu@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4238-3006 (Received on 24 January 2020: Accepted after revision on 20 March 2020) The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest No funding was used for the project
Summary
Children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have increased requirements for magnesium during recovery. There is scanty knowledge about the effect of oral supplementation of magnesium sulphate on serum magnesium levels in children with SAM. World Health Organisation (WHO) and national guidelines recommend the routine use of magnesium supplementation in children with SAM. Magnesium is supplemented in the form of 1) oral 50% magnesium sulphate solution or 2) in the form of standard mineral mix, used for local preparation of Formula 75 and Formula100 or 3) a pre-mix (Formula 75 and Formula 100) fortified with magnesium Both standard mineral mix and premix (Formula 75 and Formula100) are effective in improving serum magnesium levels in malnourished children. Our aim was to assess the efficacy of oral magnesium supplementation by estimating serum magnesium levels during nutritional rehabilitation of SAM children
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