Introduction
Acute pancreatitis is not listed in the causes of severe -critical
value- hypophosphatemia. (1) There are few major conditions which can be
associated with symptomatic hypophosphatemia, the conditions are chronic
alcoholism, intravenous hyperalimentation without phosphate
supplementation, urinary phosphate-wasting syndromes and during
treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis. (2) There are four common mechanisms
that lead to hypophosphatemia, which are the redistribution of phosphate
from the extracellular fluid into inside the cells, the decrease in
absorption of phosphate from the intestine, removal of phosphate by
kidney replacement therapies and increased urinary phosphate excretion
through urinary system. (2)