Anxious Hyperventilation and Hyperreflexia: Hypophosphatemia Diagnostic Clues
Ten-year-old boy admitted with headache, transitory muscle spasm of the extremities, mental confusion and shortness of breath after a stressful event. Blood tests revealed hypophosphatemia (serum phosphate 1.4 mg/dL). Diagnosis was acute hypophosphatemia due to hyperventilation, as a result of redi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria
2020-04-01
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| Series: | Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics |
| Online Access: | https://pjp.spp.pt//article/view/18017 |