exam #3

Cardiovascular hypomagnesemia
- tachycardia
- hypertension
Cardiovascular hypermagnesemia
- bradycardia, dysrhythmias
- hypotension
Respiratory hypomagnesemia

Shallow respirations
Respiratory hypermagnesemia

respiratory insufficiency when the skeletal muscles of respiration are involved
Neuromuscular hypomagnesemia
- twitches; paresthesias
- positives trousseau's & chovsteks signs
- hyperreflexia
- tetany, seizures
Neuromuscular Hypermagnesemia
- diminished or absent deep tendon reflexes
- skeletal muscle weakness
Central nervous system hypomagnesemia
- irritability
- confusion
Central nervous system hypermagnesemia

drowsiness and lethargy that progress to coma
Labratory findings hypomagnesemia
- serum magnesium level less than 1.6 mg/dl
- ECG: tall T waves, depressed ST segments
Labratory findings hypermagenesemia
- serum magnesium level that exceeds 2.6 mg/dl
- ECG: prolonged PR interval, widened QRS complexes

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exam #3

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s/s hypo-hyper magnesemia

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2011-02-28T00:26:17Z

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