Lab test interpretation

Algorithm for Differential Diagnosis of Hypomagnesemia

A laboratory algorithm for the differential diagnosis of hypomagnesemia based on the assessment of urinary magnesium excretion, extrarenal, and renal losses.

Algorithm for differential diagnosis of hypomagnesemia
Algorithm for differential diagnosis of hypomagnesemia

🅰Algorithm for diagnosing hypomagnesemia (decreased blood magnesium levels). ❗Did you know that in 70% of cases, the cause of sudden cardiac death is fatal cardiac arrhythmias – arrhythmogenic death due to pathologically altered intracellular electrolyte balance (magnesium and potassium deficiency)?