Short Description: Displaced intertrochanteric fracture of right femur, sequela. Long Description: Displaced intertrochanteric fracture of right femur, sequela. This is the 2015 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code S72.141S.
The intestine also responds to high magnesium levels in the blood by absorbing less magnesium from the gut as a secondary backup mechanism. However, elderly patients or patients with kidney disease can't handle ingested magnesium as well, resulting in hypermagnesemia (too much magnesium in the blood). Side effects of high magnesium levels include nausea, vomiting, lethargy, low blood pressure, low pulse rate, difficulty breathing, and in extreme cases, coma and death. Even in younger patients with normal kidneys, magnesium sulfate should not be used at a dose of more than 10 gm per day or for more than one week without a doctor's supervision.
Breastfeeding, which increases requirements for magnesium. Hypomagnesemia may cause loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, sleepiness, weakness, personality changes, muscle spasms, tremors, and loss of appetite. If severe, hypomagnesemia can cause seizures, especially in children. The diagnosis is usually based on blood tests indicating that the magnesium level is low. Magnesium is given by mouth when the deficiency causes symptoms or persists. All people with alcoholism are given magnesium. If a very low magnesium level is causing severe symptoms or if people cannot take magnesium by mouth, magnesium is given by injection into a muscle or vein.