2012
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2012001000011
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Serum levels of magnesium in sudden cardiac deaths among people with schizophrenia: hit or miss?

Abstract: Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disorder, affecting cognitive, emotional, and behavioral conditions, ability to work, social functioning, family stability and self-esteem of the patient 1,2 . Furthermore, schizophrenia is a malignant condition which has a high rate of premature death compared with the general population. Thus, people with schizophrenia show a two to three-fold increased risk to die prematurely than those without schizophrenia and this excess of mortality is accounted for by a combinat… Show more

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“…Ademais, a morte súbita pode se relacionar a níveis séricos reduzidos de magnésio (Mg), favorecendo disfunções morfológicas e funcionais do coração. Considerando que esse é um distúrbio frequente entre pessoas com esquizofrenia e que antipsicóticos potencialmente afetam a frequência cardíaca, esses fatores associados podem contribuir para a mortalidade nesse grupo 101 .…”
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“…Ademais, a morte súbita pode se relacionar a níveis séricos reduzidos de magnésio (Mg), favorecendo disfunções morfológicas e funcionais do coração. Considerando que esse é um distúrbio frequente entre pessoas com esquizofrenia e que antipsicóticos potencialmente afetam a frequência cardíaca, esses fatores associados podem contribuir para a mortalidade nesse grupo 101 .…”
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“…Some drugs may also lead to a magnesium deficiency 2 . Hypomagnesaemia itself may lead to various cardiovascular adverse events, including a QTc prolongation, especially in alcoholic 5 and schizophrenic patients treated with neuroleptics 6 . As shown in case reports, magnesium supplementation improved the QTc interval in hemodialysis patients 7 and in a fetus 8 .…”
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confidence: 99%