Ahmed Salih Alshewered

Publications

• Research Article   
  Trace elements and electrolytes disturbances in cancerous patients: A prospective comparison study
  Author(s): Enas Khudhair Al-Bdaer* and Ahmed Salih Alshewered
  
  Cancer is still the leading cause of most morbidity and mortality in many countries worldwide. The abnormalities in electrolyte concentrations including hypokalaemia or hyperkalaemia, hypomagnesemia or hypomagnesemia, hypocalcaemia or hypercalcemia, and trace elements deficient can occur due to cancer itself or due to its management like the use of chemotherapy. A prospective comparison study was carried out on newly diagnosed cancer patients before and after receives cytotoxic agents for a period of four months from March 2020 to July 2020. A total of 100 newly diagnosed cancerous patients enrolling and recruited. Demographic characters of patients like age, gender, address, jobs, co-morbid diseases, BSA, cancer types, and chemotherapy regimens were collected from the medical records of the participants. The Calcium Colorimetric Assay Kit, Magnesium Assay Kit, Zinc Assay Kit, and Pot.. Read More»
  

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