Idiopathic severe hypermagnesemia in an extremely low birth weight infant on the first day of life.
10.3345/kjp.2011.54.7.310
- Author:
Hye Sun HYUN
1
;
Hyun Sin CHOI
;
Jin Kyu KIM
;
So Yoon AHN
;
Hey Soo YOO
;
Eun Sun KIM
;
Yun Sil CHANG
;
Won Soon PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. wonspark@skku.edu
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hypermagnesemia;
Magnesium;
Infant;
Prematurity
- MeSH:
Apnea;
Birth Weight;
Blood Cell Count;
Bradycardia;
Female;
Humans;
Hypotension;
Infant;
Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight;
Infant, Newborn;
Magnesium;
Muscle Hypotonia;
Parturition;
Pregnancy;
Shock, Septic
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2011;54(7):310-312
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A preterm female infant born at 27 weeks of gestation with a birth weight of 990 g developed acute hypotonia, apnea, hypotension and bradycardia mimicking septic shock syndrome at 14h after birth. Laboratory tests indicated a severe hypermagnesemia of 45 mg/dL. The renal function, complete blood count and maternal blood concentrations of magnesium were normal, and the blood cultures were negative. The patient recovered with treatment including exchange transfusion. However, the etiology of the severe hypermagnesemia remains unknown.
