A 45 y/o F with a pmh of gastric bypass surgery presents to the ED for evaluation of copious diarrhea x 3 days. The patient appears weak, dehydrated, and sluggish. During your ED evaluation the patient has an acute onset tonic-colonic seizure. The patient is given ativan and is stabilized. Finger stick is 98mg/dL, labs are drawn, results pending. The patient then proceeds to have another seizure. What electrolyte abnormality could have contributed to the patient’s epileptic event?
