Refeeding syndrome: Problems with definition and management

Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 1448-1455

  Crook, Martin A ^a,b  

^a LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnesium; Nutrition; Phosphate; Potassium; Refeeding syndrome

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 4; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; LEPTIN; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SELENIUM; SODIUM; SOMATOMEDIN C; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ABUSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FLUID BALANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT MONITORING; REFEEDING; REFEEDING SYNDROME; STARVATION; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; CHILD; NEWBORN; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

CHILD; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNESIUM; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PHOSPHATES; POTASSIUM; REFEEDING SYNDROME; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 84908125430     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2014.03.026     Document Type: Article

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