Causes of Hypomagnesemia Redistribution: - IV glucose - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis - IV hyperalimentation - Refeeding after starvation - Acute pancreatitis - Postparathyroidectomy (hungry bone syndrome) - Osteoblastic metastasis (hungry bone syndrome) Extrarenal loss: - Nasogastric suction (infrequent) - Lactation - Profuse sweating, burns, sepsis - Intestinal or biliary fistula - Diarrhea Decreased intake: - Alcoholism (cirrhosis) - Malnutntion, poor intake - Small bowel resection - Malabsorption (steatorrhea) Renal loss: - Ketoacidosis - Saline or osmotic diuresis - Potassium depletion - Phosphorus depletion - Familial hypophosphatemia - Tubulointerstitial renal disease Drugs: - Loop diuretics - Aminoglycosides - Amphotericin B - Vitamin D intoxication - Alcohol - Cisplatin - Theophylline - Proton pump inhibitors - Calcineurin inhibitors (cyclosporine, tacrolimus) Endocrine disorders: - Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion - Hyperthyroidism - Hyperparathyroidism - Hypercalcemic states - Primary or secondary aldosteronism #Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis #differential #medications #drugs #pharmacology #hypomg
