Revisiting the refeeding syndrome: Results of a systematic review

Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue , 2017, Pages 151-160

  Friedli, Natalie ^a   Stanga, Zeno ^b   Sobotka, Lubos ^c   Culkin, Alison ^d   Kondrup, Jens ^e   Laviano, Alessandro ^f   Mueller, Beat ^a   Schuetz, Philipp ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^d ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypophosphatemia; Nutritional support; Nutritional therapy

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFEEDING SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FACTUAL DATABASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC DISORDER; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFEEDING SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 85009450713     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2016.05.016     Document Type: Review

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