Diseases

Refeeding Syndrome

A condition of metabolic imbalance that is caused by complications of initially feeding a severely malnourished patient too aggressively. Usually occurring within the first 5 days of refeeding, this syndrome is characterized by WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; and DIARRHEA.

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A condition of metabolic imbalance that is caused by complications of initially feeding a severely malnourished patient too aggressively. Usually occurring within the first 5 days of refeeding, this syndrome is characterized by WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; and DIARRHEA.

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  • Syndrome, Refeeding

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2009

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  1. C18.654w.521w.687w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Refeeding Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055677. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055677
  2. Refeeding Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome
  3. Refeeding Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1812693