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Fluid and Electrolytes 2
Topic Started: Sep 23 2015, 10:31 PM (144 Views)
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GC is a 52-year-old male who visits you with complaints that for the past 2 days, he feels tired and weak, his muscles hurt, and his hands and feet feel tingly. When questioned further, he admits that he hasn’t been resting or eating much lately, because he has deadlines for work coming up soon. You take him in for further examination and learn the following:

Height: 5’9”
Weight: 71 kg
[tooltip=SCr][/tooltip]: 1.0 mg/dL
Na: 137 mEq/L
[tooltip=K][/tooltip]: 4.1 mEq/L
[tooltip=Ca][/tooltip]: 9.2 mg/dL
[tooltip=Phos][/tooltip]: 0.8mg/dL
[tooltip=Mg][/tooltip]: 1.5mg/dL
Albumin: 2.2g/dL
PMD: GERD
SH: Two drinks daily
Allergies: penicillin
Current Medications: Aluminum hydroxide 800mg, omeprazole 20mg

1. All of the following are possible causes of his hypophosphatemia except:
a. His eating habits
b. His aluminum hydroxide
c. His GERD
d. All of the above could have contributed to his hypophosphatemia.
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