Refeeding syndrome following exclusive enteral nutritional treatment in Crohn disease.

摘要

The refeeding syndrome, first described in starved Far East prisoners of war after World War II (1), refers to a constellation of metabolic complications that can occur when nutrition is reintroduced for patients who are severely malnourished. The syndrome, characterised by severe fluid and electrolyte shifts, is potentially fatal and can occur with any form of nutrition (oral, enteral, or parenteral) in patients who are malnourished from any cause.