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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Refeeding Syndrome
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Síndrome de Realimentación
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Síndrome da Realimentação
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Synonyms English:
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Syndrome, Refeeding
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Tree Number:
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C18.654.521.687
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Definition English:
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A condition of metabolic imbalance that is caused by complications of initially feeding a severely malnourished patient too aggressively. Usually occurring within the first 5 days of refeeding, this syndrome is characterized by WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; and DIARRHEA. |
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History Note English:
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2009
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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53105
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Unique Identifier:
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D055677
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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