Summary:
Recent studies suggest that there is strong relationship
between serum magnesium and diabetes. Low serum
magnesium is one of the risk factors of diabetes mellitus
and its complications, at the same time diabetes is one of
the common causes of hypomagnesemia. Hypokalemia is
also quite common in diabetic patient. When
hypokalemia coexists with hypomagnesemia, the chance
of ‘complications of hypokalemia’ increase significantly.
In addition, the correction of hypokalemia becomes
difficult. However, the exact frequency of
hypomagnesemia in diabetic hypokalemic patient is not
yet defined. Therefore, the objective of the current study
was to find out the frequency of hypomagnesemia in
hospitalized diabetic hypokalemic patient. Thirty