Table 14-31
- Cardiovascular
- Coronary vasospasm
- Cardiac dysrhythmias (especially after myocardial infarction or after cardiopulmonary bypass)
- Refractory ventricular fibrillation
- Congestive heart failure
- Neuromuscular
- Neuronal irritability (tetany)
- Skeletal muscle weakness
- Sedation
- Seizures
- Miscellaneous
- Dysphagia
- Anorexia
- Nausea
- Hypokalemia (magnesium-induced potassium wasting)
- Hypocalcemia (magnesium-induced suppression of parathyroid hormone secretion)