'Refeeding syndrome' in a Kuwaiti child: Clinical diagnosis and management

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-243

  Al Sharkawy, Ibrahim ^a   Ramadan, Dina ^a   El Tantawy, Amira ^a  

^a AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Hypokalemia; Hypomagnesemia; Hypophosphatemia; Refeeding syndrome

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ION; MULTIVITAMIN; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ION; SUGAR; THIAMINE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDEMA; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; KUWAIT; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; MARASMUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; REFEEDING SYNDROME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING;

HUMANS; INFANT; KUWAIT; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; REFEEDING SYNDROME; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 77950535170     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000285303     Document Type: Article

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