Acid–base disturbances may complicate the diagnosis of refeeding syndrome
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Refeeding syndrome
We report a case of a fifty-year-old male who was admitted with a three month history of increasing weakness, prostration, decreasing appetite and inability to swallow. The patient was a chronic alcoholic, unemployed, and of very poor socioeconomic background. The patient was initially investigated for upper GI malignancy, Addisons disease, bulbar palsy and other endocrinopathies. Concurrent ma...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0954-3007,1476-5640
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.34