Isr Med Assoc J
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Observational Study
The Prevalence of Hypomagnesemia in Hospitalized Type 2 Diabetic Patients Treated with Diuretics and/or Proton Pump Inhibitors.
Hypomagnesemia (serum magnesium level < 1.7 mg/dl) occurs more frequently in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Serum magnesium levels are not routinely tested in hospitalized patients, including in hospitalized patients with T2DM. ⋯ Hospitalized T2DM patients under PPI therapy are at risk for hypomagnesemia and hypocalcemia.
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Medical registries have been shown to be an effective way to improve patient care and reduce costs. Constructing such registries entails extraneous effort of either reviewing medical charts or creating tailored case report forms (CRF). While documentation has shifted from handwritten notes into electronic medical records (EMRs), the majority of information is logged as free text, which is difficult to extract. ⋯ Re-designing the EMR to enable prospective documentation of surgical related data is a valid method to create an on-going, real-time database that is recorded instantaneously with minimal additional effort and minimal cost.