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Fatty Emaciation
Author(s) -
Macher Arielle D.,
Palazuelos Daniel,
Maviglia Saverio M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607111430227
Subject(s) - hypophosphatemia , medicine , parenteral nutrition , emaciation , malnutrition , refeeding syndrome , hypoglycemia , intensive care medicine , endocrinology , insulin
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.