title: Managing hypophosphatemia in critically ill patients: a report on an under-diagnosed electrolyte anomaly.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Correction of acute hypophosphatemia leaves no long-term complications, but failure to recognize and treat an acute situation can be fatal.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 65-year-old female presented to the Emergency department with complaints of abdominal pain, multiple episodes of watery stools and vomiting for 3 days. On the 3rd day, she developed abdominal distension and breathlessness and was referred to this hospital for further management and finally diagnosed with hypophosphatemia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As hypophosphatemia is often underestimated, this case report emphasizes the importance of correcting hypophosphatemia in all critically ill patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, AIMS Healthcare Campus, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shajahan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ajith Kumar
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Gireesh Kumar
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Sreekrishnan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jismy
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D016638:Critical Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017674:Hypophosphatemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: clinical features and management; emergency department; hypophosphatemia