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Refeeding Syndrome

Life-threatening metabolic complication from rapid feeding of severely malnourished patients.

Definition

Serious metabolic complication occurring when nutrition is rapidly reintroduced to severely malnourished patients, characterized by electrolyte shifts, hypophosphatemia, hypomagnesemia, and potentially fatal arrhythmias.

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