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Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
- Gitelman ... Genetic defects ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
Inherited Defects ... ascending limb Gitelman ... #Kidney #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Table
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis: Differential ... tubule reabsorptive defect ... furosemide-like lesion) • Gitelman ... #nephrology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Compression • Genetic Defects ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #nephrology #table