These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Refeeding syndrome.
    Author: Ladage E.
    Journal: ORL Head Neck Nurs; 2003; 21(3):18-20. PubMed ID: 12961792.
    Abstract:
    Refeeding syndrome can occur when nutrition is reinstituted in a starved patient and, if abnormalities are not corrected, can be lethal. This article describes metabolic adaptations to starvation, risk factors for the development of refeeding syndrome, and causes as well as symptoms of refeeding syndrome. Adverse consequences of hypophosphatemia, hypomagnesemia, and hypokalemia are described. Nursing implications to prevent refeeding syndrome are outlined.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]