Tuesday, May 05, 2009

that stupid ? today, i can't explain it, just found it in my notes

13. Know and identify the calcium and potassium disorders affected by hypomagnesaemia
a. Hypocalcemia is a prominent symptom of hypomagnesemia
i. Probably caused by a decrease secretion of PTH, vit D conc,
and skeletal PTH resistance
b. Hypomagnesemia can contribute to the development of hypokalemia b/c it
reduces the IC K conc and promotes renal K wasting
i. Fix Mg then K
c. Hypomagnesemia impairs function of Na/K ATPase

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