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Causes of Hypermagnesemia
Increased magnesium load
 - Magnesium-containing laxatives, antacids, or enemas
 - Treatment of pre-edampsia/eclampsia (mothers
neonates) - Diabetic ... absorption - Hyperparathyroidism ... insufficiency (Addison's ... Hypermagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Hypercalcemia due to increased bone Ca2+ resorption:
 • Primary hyperparathyroidism, Malignancy, Pseudohyperparathyroidism, Renal failure,
resorption: • Primary hyperparathyroidism ... Renal failure, Addison's ... #differential #diagnosis ... calcium #high #endocrinology
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Endocrine • Hyperparathyroidism ... • Diabetic ... • Alcohol #gout ... #Algorithm #endocrinology
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Rule out ... Absorption: • Hypoparathyroidism ... #Framework #Workup
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Workup for Hypophosphatemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Rule out ... Primary or Tertiary hyperparathyroidism ... #Framework #Workup
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's ... Celiac disease, - Hypoparathyroidism ... - Type 1 diabetes ... #disease #endocrinology ... #diagnosis #signs
Diarrhea with Normal Colonoscopy
 • Colonic: Bile acid malabsorption, Microscopic colitis, Overflow diarrhoea, Missed pathology
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• Endocrine: Diabetes ... Hyperthyroidism, Addison's ... , Hypoparathyroidism ... #differential #diagnosis
Hypermagnesemia - Diagnosis and Management

Hypermagnesemia is a serum magnesium concentration > 2.6 mg/dL.
Symptoms include hyporeflexia, hypotension,
Hypermagnesemia - Diagnosis ... and neonates), Diabetic ... magnesium absorption: Hyperparathyroidism ... insufficiency (Addison's ... Hypermagnesemia #Diagnosis
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
hormones that work ... thiamine, and watch out ... drips unless also diabetic ... #diagnosis #differential