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Age and Ageing 2002; 31: 65-66
© 2002, British Geriatrics Society

Case reports

Refeeding syndrome

Mark Mallet

Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Box 135, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK. Fax: (+44) 1223 217783. Email: mark.mallet{at}ntlworld.com

Case report: an elderly woman with poor nutritional intake developed profound hypophosphataemia and hypokalaemia following the institution of nasogastric feeding.

Discussion: refeeding syndrome is well recognized in certain undernourished groups of patients, but may not be so well known to physicians looking after elderly patients, whose nutritional status may be more deficient than is originally apparent.

Keywords: confusion, nasogastric feeding, refeeding syndrome


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