A) proximal intestine
B) distal intestine
Answer: B
The absorption of magnesium occurs in the distal intestine including the colon. This becomes clinically important as magnesium does not have huge deposition in the body and patients with distal colectomy or with distal small intestinal and colonic disease may develop life-threatening hypomagnesemia resulting in arrhythmias and neurological symptoms.
#electrolytes
#surgical-critical-care
Reference:
Swaminathan R. Magnesium metabolism and its disorders. Clin Biochem Rev. 2003;24(2):47–66.
B) distal intestine
Answer: B
The absorption of magnesium occurs in the distal intestine including the colon. This becomes clinically important as magnesium does not have huge deposition in the body and patients with distal colectomy or with distal small intestinal and colonic disease may develop life-threatening hypomagnesemia resulting in arrhythmias and neurological symptoms.
#electrolytes
#surgical-critical-care
Reference:
Swaminathan R. Magnesium metabolism and its disorders. Clin Biochem Rev. 2003;24(2):47–66.
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