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Electrolyte disturbances in the ICU are extremely common. The electrolyte disorder most commonly associated with seizure is hyponatremia, although extremely low Mg2+, phosphate, and both very low and very high Ca2+ values can cause seizures. Critical care physicians must be vigilant to suspect and identify electrolyte disturbances in their patients, because a growing amount of information suggests that they are a marker, and potentially a cause, of poor prognosis. Electrolyte disturbance should never be accepted as the etiology of a seizure until a thorough investigation has been undertaken.
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Robinson, J., Suarez, J.I. (2005). Electrolyte Disturbance and Critical Care Seizures. In: Varelas, P.N. (eds) Seizures in Critical Care. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-841-0_10
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