87469-3
Magnesium [Mass/volume] in Specimen
Active
Term Description
Quantitative measurement of magnesium levels in various human, veterinary, or environmental specimens, including serum, plasma, whole blood, urine, water, feces, ocular fluid, blood meal, corn syrup, molasses, glycerin and corn gluten feed wet.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC
Part Descriptions
LP14343-5 Magnesium
Magnesium salts are essential in nutrition, being required for the activity of many enzymes, especially those concerned with oxidative phosphorylation. Physiologically, it exists as an ion in the body. It is a component of both intra- and extracellular fluids and is excreted in the urine and feces. Deficiency causes irritability of the nervous system with tetany, vasodilatation, convulsions, tremors, depression, and psychotic behavior. Magnesium ion in large amounts is an ionic laxative, and magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts) is sometimes used for this purpose. So-called "milk of magnesia" is a water suspension of one of the few insoluble magnesium compounds, magnesium hydroxide; the undissolved particles give rise to its appearance and name. Milk of magnesia is a mild base, and is commonly used as an antacid.
Copyright Copyright ©2005-2009 Genome Alberta (Reference to original publication: Wishart DS, Knox C, Guo AC, et al. HMDB: a knowledgebase for the human metabolome. Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 37(Database issue):D603-610.)
Source: Human Metabolome Database, Magnesium
LP14343-5 Magnesium
Very high amounts can be fed to animals with no ill effects if the kidneys are functioning. Inappetance is the major practical problem encountered
from excessive dietary magnesium. Because only a fraction of dietary magnesium is generally absorbed, high amounts of magnesium in the diet can cause an osmotic diarrhea in the animal.
This is usually of greater concern in poultry houses where the water content of manure can be a major concern to producers but does not necessarily impact the health of the birds.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Magnesium
- Property
- MCnc
- Time
- Pt
- System
- XXX
- Scale
- Qn
- Method
Additional Names
- Short Name
- Magnesium Spec-mCnc
- Display Name
- Magnesium (Specimen) [Mass/Vol]
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Magnesium, Specimen
Basic Attributes
- Class
- CHEM
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 2.63
- Last Updated
- Version 2.69
- Order vs. Observation
- Observation
Member of these Groups Get Info
LOINC Group | Group Name |
---|---|
LG50048-4 | Magnesium| |
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
---|---|---|
el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Μαγνήσιο: |
es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Magnesio: Synonyms: Cuantitativo |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Magnesio: |
et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Magneesium: Synonyms: Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne Täpsustamata materjal |
fr-CA | French (Canada) | Magnésium: |
fr-FR | French (France) | Magnésium: |
fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Magnésium: |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Magnesio: Synonyms: Chimica Concentrazione di Massa Punto nel tempo (episodio) |
nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | magnesium: |
ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Магний: Synonyms: Количественный Массовая концентрация Точка во времени; |
tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Magnezyum: |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 镁: Synonyms: MAG; |
Example Units
Unit | Source |
---|---|
ug/dL | Example UCUM Units |
LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info
Requests to this service require a free LOINC username and password. Below is a sample of the possible capabilities. See the LOINC Terminology Service documentation for more information.
- CodeSystem lookup
- https:
//fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http: //loinc.org&code=87469-3
LOINC Copyright
Copyright © 2024 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. All Rights Reserved. To the extent included herein, the LOINC table and LOINC codes are copyright