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[Prevention of the refeeding syndrome]
Maria E Martínez Núñez1, B Hernández Muniesa
1Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Madrid, España.
Abstract:
The refeeding syndrome can be defined as the metabolic alterations developed by the rapid nutrition repletion (oral, enteral as well as parenteral feeding) of severaly malnourished patients. Refeeding syndrome is a potentially fatal clinical condition and it is often underdiagnosed on non-specialized nutrition units. The most important key for its prevention is to identify patients at high risk for developing refeeding syndrome, before nutrition repletion. The present case describes the steps to prevent the refeeding syndrome as well as the clinical recommendations to restart nutrition support.
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