A medication frequency error resulting in hypermagnesemia in a patient with kidney failure

Nephrology (Carlton). 2022 Jun;27(6):541-542. doi: 10.1111/nep.14002. Epub 2021 Nov 28.

Authors

Jerard Kneifati-Hayek¹, Jack Huebner², Anne Grauer¹, Jo R Applebaum¹, Craig Albanese³, Jason S Adelman^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
² Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Quality and Patient Safety, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.

PMID: 34841603
DOI: 10.1111/nep.14002

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Magnesium*
Male
Renal Insufficiency* / diagnosis

Substances

Magnesium

Grants and funding

T32 HS026121/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States