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Case Reports
. 2002 Jan;31(1):65-6.
doi: 10.1093/ageing/31.1.65.

Refeeding syndrome

Mark Mallet  1
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Case Reports

Refeeding syndrome

Mark Mallet. Age Ageing. 2002 Jan.

Abstract

Case report: An elderly woman with poor nutritional intake developed profound hypophosphataemia and hypokalaemia following the institution of nasogastric feeding.

Discussion: Refeeding syndrome is well recognized in certain undernourished groups of patients, but may not be so well known to physicians looking after elderly patients, whose nutritional status may be more deficient than is originally apparent.

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