Objective Although described> 70 y ago, the refeeding syndrome (RFS) remains
understudied with lack of standardized definition and treatment recommendations. The aim …

In this review we discuss the refeeding syndrome. This potentially lethal condition can be
defined as severe electrolyte and fluid shifts associated with metabolic abnormalities in …

Disease-related malnutrition is a global public health problem. The consequences of
disease-related malnutrition are numerous, and include shorter survival rates, lower …

Purpose Undernutrition is often suspected in patients when serum albumin or prealbumin
levels are low. We asked whether these measures are indeed low in undernourished people …

Refeeding syndrome (RFS) represents a group of clinical findings that occur in severely
malnourished individuals undergoing nutritional support. Cardiac arrhythmias, multisystem …

Background Refeeding syndrome is a potentially life-threatening condition characterised by
severe intracellular electrolyte shifts, acute circulatory fluid overload and organ failure. The …

Background: Serious nutritional complications after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) are
infrequent. In a retrospective study of patients operated during a 68-month period …

Nutrition support clinicians refer to the abnormalities in laboratory data and changes in
clinical signs and symptoms that follow refeeding of starved or malnourished patients as …

Objective The discovery of leptin, a hormone primarily involved in adaptation to fasting, led
to an increased interest in appetite regulation and appetite-modulating hormones. Here, we …

OBJECTIVE: Although refeeding syndrome has been well documented in starved patients,
obese patients, those with anorexia nervosa, malnourished elderly individuals, and certain …