A Higher Concentration of Dialysate Magnesium to Reduce the Frequency of Muscle Cramps: A Narrative Review.
Akshay VargheseEduardo LacsonJessica M SontropRey R AcedilloAhmed A Al-JaishiSierra AndersonAmit BaggaKatie L BainLaura L BennettClara J BohmPierre A BrownChristopher T ChanBrenden CoteVarun DevBonnie FieldClaire HarrisShasikara KalatharanMercedeh KiaiiAmber O MolnarMatthew J OliverMalvinder S ParmarMelissa SchorrNikhil ShahSamuel A SilverD Michael SmithManish M SoodIrina St LouisKarthik K TennankoreStephanie ThompsonMarcello TonelliHans VorsterBlair WaldvogelJames ZachariasAmit X Gargnull nullPublished in: Canadian journal of kidney health and disease (2020)
Few interventional studies have examined the effect of magnesium-based therapy on muscle cramps in patients receiving hemodialysis and most were nonrandomized, pre-post study designs.