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Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Hypomagnesemia - ... Familial: Bartter syndrome ... and Gitelman syndrome ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology ... #magnesium #low
Hypermagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism
Renal Failure 
Excessive Mg Administration 
 - Massive PO intake
Hypermagnesemia ... intake - Magnesium ... - Tumor lysis syndrome ... DrEricStrong #Hypermagnesemia ... #Table #Causes
Approach to Hypomagnesemia 

Fractional excretion of magnesium = (urine magnesium x serum creatinine)/ [0.7 (serum magnesium
Approach to Hypomagnesemia ... = (urine magnesium ... @NEPHKIDS1 #Hypomagnesemia ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology ... #magnesium #low
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Hypomagnesemia - ... - Gitelman syndrome ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... Diagnosis #Low #Magnesium ... #Table #Classification
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Hypercalcemia, Hypermagnesemia ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Hypocalcemia, Hypomagnesemia ... differential #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI LOSS - FeMg < 2-2.5% or 24h Urine Mg
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... CNIs • Familial hypomagnesemia ... • Gitelman's syndrome ... @kdjhaveri #Hypomagnesemia ... #Magnesium #Low
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... metastasis (hungry bone syndrome ... aldosteronism #Hypomagnesemia ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology ... #magnesium #low
Symptoms and Signs of Hypomagnesemia
Neuromuscular:
 - Tetany, Muscle weakness, Chvostek and Trousseau signs, Cerebellar (ataxia, nystagmus,
Symptoms and Signs of Hypomagnesemia ... Muscle weakness, Chvostek ... Hypocalcemia, Anemia #Hypomagnesemia ... #magnesium #Symptoms
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
• Refeeding Syndrome ... Hypokalemia • Hypomagnesemia ... Osteomalacia • Fanconi Syndrome ... : • Aluminum/Magnesium
Initial Clinical and Laboratory Data Base for Defining Major Syndromes in Nephrology

#Major #Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Workup
Defining Major Syndromes ... in Nephrology ... #Major #Syndromes ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Table