Journal of Nutritional Disorders & Therapy

Bhardwaj J

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• Research Article
  Study of Extent of Transplacental Transport by Measuring the Levels of Magnesium in Maternal and Umbilical Venous Cord Blood and Correlation of Serum Magnesium Levels with Outcome of Pregnancy
  Author(s): Kharb S, Bhardwaj J, Goel K and Nanda SKharb S, Bhardwaj J, Goel K and Nanda S
  
  Magnesium deficiency during pregnancy can induce not only maternal and fetal nutritional problems, but also consequences that might last in off spring throughout life. The status of maternal serum magnesium levels in adverse pregnancy outcome is not fully clear. Hence, the present study was planned to study maternal serum magnesium levels and to explore it correlation if any with low birth weight, preterm birth, and Apgar score in 102 pregnant women. Study samples (three ml) were drawn once before 20 weeks and second sample was drawn at the time of delivery in red vacutainer tubes. Serum was analyzed for routine investigations (hemoglobin, TSH, glucose challenge test) and magnesium levels (using thiazole yellow spectrophotometrically). At <20 weeks of gestation, 74 women had serum magnesium levels between 1.5-2.2 mg/dL (1.8 + 0.1 mg/dL), while 23 had serum magnesium levels >2.2 .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0509.1000232

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