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World J Clin Cases. Dec 16, 2021; 9(35): 10899-10908
Published online Dec 16, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i35.10899
Serum magnesium level as a predictor of acute kidney injury in patients with acute pancreatitis
Xian-Qiang Yu, Hong-Bin Deng, Yang Liu, Cheng Qu, Ze-Hua Duan, Zhi-Hui Tong, Yu-Xiu Liu, Wei-Qin Li
Xian-Qiang Yu, Wei-Qin Li, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu Province, China
Hong-Bin Deng, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210002, Jiangsu Province, China
Yang Liu, Cheng Qu, Ze-Hua Duan, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, Jiangsu Province, China
Zhi-Hui Tong, Yu-Xiu Liu, Wei-Qin Li, Department of Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing 210002, Jiangsu Province, China
Author contributions: Yu XQ and Deng HB made equal contributions to the article; Yu XQ and Deng HB completed the design and writing of the paper; Liu Y, Qu C, Duan ZH and Tong ZH participated in the revision and design of the article; Liu YX and Li WQ participated in the overall design and revision of the paper.
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 82070669.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Nanjing Jinling Hospital Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: All authors have agreed to publish this article.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Data sharing statement: The datasets used or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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Corresponding author: Wei-Qin Li, MD, Professor, Medical School, Southeast University, No. 87 Dingjiaqiao, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu Province, China. liweiqindr@nju.edu.cn
Received: June 30, 2021
Peer-review started: June 30, 2021
First decision: August 19, 2021
Revised: September 1, 2021
Accepted: October 31, 2021
Article in press: October 31, 2021
Published online: December 16, 2021
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious complication of acute pancreatitis (AP) and is often difficult to predict at an early stage. However, our clinical analysis found that serum Mg2+ on admission is a good predictor of the occurrence of AKI in AP patients. Therefore, this may provide a new method for the early prediction of AKI after AP.