How can refeeding syndrome be prevented?
Refeeding syndrome is chiefly defined as the potentially fatal shifts in fluids and electrolytes that can occur in malnourished patients receiving artificial feeding.1 It can however encompass a mixture of biochemical, electrolyte, fluid balance, and metabolic changes. These changes can include—or lead to—hypophosphataemia, hypomagnesaemia, hypokalaemia, gastric dilation, congestive cardiac failure, severe oedema, confusion, coma, and death.
