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)