Idiopathic Hypomagnesemia and Osteochondritis

Hypomagnesemia and proton-pump inhibitors.

INTRODUCTION Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have been linked to clinically symptomatic hypomagnesemia. AREAS COVERED We searched Medline database in all languages using 'proton-pump inhibitors, magnesium, hypomagnesemia and hypomagnesemic hypoparathyroidism' as search terms and other articles were identified through searches of the files of the authors and reference lists from relevant article...

Osteochondritis Dissecans

THIS book has been recommended as the official text book for Queen's University students taking the introductory course in pharmacology and therapeutics at the start of their clinical work. It is an excellent book for these students who have just finished two years of physiology, for not only is much of the subject matter already familiar to them but the approach to the whole subject which is a...

Hypomagnesemia: a clinical perspective

Although magnesium is involved in a wide spectrum of vital functions in normal human physiology, the significance of hypomagnesemia and necessity for its treatment are under-recognized and underappreciated in clinical practice. In the current review, we first present an overview of the clinical significance of hypomagnesemia and normal magnesium metabolism, with a focus on renal magnesium handl...

Renal hypomagnesemia, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis

Woman with hypomagnesemia and hypocalcemia.

A 71-year-old woman was referred to the endocrinology clinic after several years of unresolved hypomagnesemia that required numerous hospital admissions to receive intravenous magnesium. She previously presented with palpitations on 3 occasions, and once with diarrhea and vomiting. The blood tests on all 4 presentations demonstrated severe hypomagnesemia (Table 1). Her medical history included ...