A Comparative Study to Determine the Effect of Intravenous Magnesium on Postoperative Bleeding after on Pump CABG in Patients Receiving Pre-Operativc Aspirin

Hypomagnesaemia is a common complication after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and predisposes to the development of cardiac arrhythmias. Previous studies showed that intravenous magnesium reduces the incidence of postoperative cardiac arrhythmias but it also inhibits platelet function. Our aim was to...

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Main Authors: Sampa Dutta Gupta, Soumendu Pal, Anupam Goswami, Sandip Bhadra, Sripurna Mandal, Chandashi Naskar, Sudakshina Mukherjee, Debasish Boral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
CPB
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2009;volume=53;issue=2;spage=197;epage=203;aulast=Gupta