Sunday, October 13, 2013

Q: Hypermagnesemia causes (choose one)
A) Increase anion gap
 or
B) Decrease Anion Gap?
Answer:
Few common etiologies of decrease An-ion gap in ICU are
  • hypoalbuminemia,
  • hypercalcemia,
  • hyperkalemia,
  • hypermagnesemia,
  • lithium toxicity, and
  • multiple myeloma.

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