Death resulting from overzealous total parenteral nutrition: The refeeding syndrome revisited

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-171

  Miller, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypophosphatemia; Protein energy malnutrition; Refeeding syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FLUID RETENTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; MALNUTRITION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; REFEEDING; REFEEDING SYNDROME; REVIEW; SODIUM RETENTION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; METABOLIC DISEASES; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHOSPHATES;

EID: 41949119658     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533608314538     Document Type: Review

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