Bişar Ergün, Begüm Ergan, Murat Küçük, Mehmet Nuri Yakar, Mehmet Celal Öztürk, Ferhan Demirer Aydemir, Özlem Öner, Volkan Hanci, Bilgin Cömert, Ali Necati Gökmen
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Abstract
Background: Although low serum magnesium level is a a relatively common problem in mixed medical/surgical intensive care units (ICUs), its association with new-onset atrial fibrillation (NOAF) has been studied to a lesser extent. We aimed to investigate the effect of magnesium levels on the development of NOAF in critically ill patients admitted to the mixed medical/surgical ICU.
Methods: A total of 110 eligible patients (45 female, 65 male) were included in this case-control study. The age and sex-matched control group (n = 110) included patients with no atrial fibrillation from admission to discharge or death.
Results: The incidence of NOAF was 2.4% (n = 110) between January 2013 and June 2020. At NOAF onset or the matched time point, median serum magnesium levels were lower in the NOAF group than in the control group (0.84 [0.73-0.93] vs. 0.86 [0.79-0.97] mmol/L; p = 0.025). At NOAF onset or the matched time point, 24.5% (n = 27) in the NOAF group and 12.7% (n = 14) in the control group had hypomagnesemia (p = 0.037). Based on Model 1, multivariable analysis demonstrated magnesium level at NOAF onset or the matched time point (OR: 0.07; 95%CI: 0.01-0.44; p = 0.004), acute kidney injury (OR: 1.88; 95%CI: 1.03-3.40; p = 0.039), and APACHE II (OR: 1.04; 95% CI: 1.01-1.09; p = 0.046) as factors independently associated with an increased risk of NOAF. Based on Model 2, multivariable analysis demonstrated hypomagnesemia at NOAF onset or the matched time point (OR: 2.52; 95% CI: 1.19-5.36; p = 0.016) and APACHE II (OR: 1.04; 95%CI: 1.01-1.09; p = 0.043) as factors independently associated with an increased risk of NOAF. In multivariate analysis for hospital mortality, NOAF was an independent risk factor for hospital mortality (OR: 3.22; 95% CI: 1.69-6.13, p<0.001).
Conclusion: The development of NOAF in critically ill patients increases mortality. Critically ill patients with hypermagnesemia should be carefully evaluated for risk of NOAF.
期刊介绍:
Magnesium Research, the official journal of the international Society for the Development of Research on Magnesium (SDRM), has been the benchmark journal on the use of magnesium in biomedicine for more than 30 years.
This quarterly publication provides regular updates on multinational and multidisciplinary research into magnesium, bringing together original experimental and clinical articles, correspondence, Letters to the Editor, comments on latest news, general features, summaries of relevant articles from other journals, and reports and statements from national and international conferences and symposiums.
Indexed in the leading medical databases, Magnesium Research is an essential journal for specialists and general practitioners, for basic and clinical researchers, for practising doctors and academics.