Your patient has alcoholism, and you may suspect during your assessment that his serum magnesium is low. What will the nurse potentially expect to assess related to hypomagnesemia?
A) Tremor
B) Pruritus
C) Edema
D) Decreased blood pressure
Ans: A
Feedback: Chronic alcoholics are at risk for hypomagnesemia because they tend to eat a poor diet. Signs and symptoms of hypomagnesemia are largely confined to the neuromuscular system and include confusion, tremor, tetany, laryngeal stridor, and ataxia.
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