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Preferred term

Refeeding Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

In other languages

  • French

  • SRI (Syndrome de Renutrition Inappropriée)
  • Syndrome de réalimentation
  • Syndrome de renutrition inappropriée

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-X622J84L-S

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