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Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
biliary fistula - Diarrhea ... intoxication - Alcohol ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #hypomg
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
losses - Chronic diarrhea ... Renal Loses - Medications ... dysfunction - Alcohol ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Causes #Workup #hypomg
Hepatorenal Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Who gets HRS?
 • Decompensated cirrhosis
 • Typically with existing
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... existing ascites • HypoNa ... a precipitant: Medications ... , Alcohol abuse, ... Side effects: Diarrhea
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
History of excessive alcohol ... • Hypo-K • ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Nutrition #Differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
visualized as a hypo ... Reversible course Differential ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... /Drug toxicity, ... epilepticus Treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... - Compartment syndrome ... Hypoglycemia - Alcohol ... • Type B2: Drugs ... - HIV/HAART medications