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Refeeding syndrome: life-threatening, underdiagnosed, but treatable
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Sir,
We report a successfully treated case of refeeding syndrome in a high-risk patient. A 73-year-old independent female presented with a 1-week history of diarrhoea and vomiting, lethargy, headache, dizziness and loss of appetite. She hardly ate for almost 10 days prior to
Barnsley District General Hospital Barnsley
Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing University of Sheffield Sheffield email: s.e.gariballa@sheffield.ac.uk