Do low serum magnesium concentrations predict cardiovascular and all-cause mortality?
Low serum Mg(++) levels are associated with higher all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality. This corresponds well with recent findings that hypomagnesemia is associated with the increase of left ventricular mass over the following years.
Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy has become a standardized procedure. It should be offered as the primary treatment modality to patients with benign renal disease scheduled for elective nephrectomy except in those in whom it is contraindicated.