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David Juan, MD; Mohamed A. Elrazak, MD
Medical College of Ohio Toledo

JAMA. 1979;242(26):2845.

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It was an oversight on our part in not including the phosphate values under each of the causes of hypophosphatemia. The mean and range of hypophosphatemia in milligrams per deciliter are: (1) intravenous carbohydrate, 1.65 (0.3 to 2.4); (2) diuretic, 1.72 (1.3 to 2.2); (3) hyperalimentation, 1.57 (0.9 to 2.1); (4) alcohol, 1.78 (1.2 to 2.3); (5) unknown, 1.76 (1.5 to 2.1); (6) respiratory alkalosis, 1.24 (0.7 to 1.8); (7) dialysis, 1.6 (0.6 to 2.0); (8) insulin, 1.9 (1.5 to 2.1); (9) hyperparathyroidism, 1.9 (1.8 to 2.0).

The serum phosphorus level can fall more than 0.5 mg/dL. This is the point that Guillou and co-workers¹ were trying to make. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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