Refeeding Syndrome
"Refeeding Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition of metabolic imbalance that is caused by complications of initially feeding a severely malnourished patient too aggressively. Usually occurring within the first 5 days of refeeding, this syndrome is characterized by WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; and DIARRHEA.
| Descriptor ID |
D055677
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.687
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