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JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr
; 36(4): 481-4, 2012 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22301330
ABSTRACT
Refeeding syndrome has been observed in patients receiving nutrition after a prolonged period of malnourishment and is characterized by multiple metabolic derangements. Besides hypophosphatemia and hypoglycemia, lipemia has been described in association with parenteral nutrition administration to the malnourished. The authors describe one anorexic patient who developed lipemia during oral refeeding, followed by a precipitous drop in hematocrit suggestive of fat overload syndrome.