Intradialytic changes of serum magnesium and their relation to hypotensive episodes in hemodialysis patients on different dialysates.

Magnesium is a crucial mineral, involved in many important physiological processes. Magnesium plays a role of maintaining myocardial electrical stability in hemodialysis patients. Intradialytic hypotension is a common complication of dialysis and it is more common with acetate dialysate.