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Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused ... initiation of nutrition ... may cause severe ... are the leading cause ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Decreased GI Uptake ... - Poor dietary intake ... Medications - Loop and ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Causes of Copper ... Decreased / Inadequate Intake ... sprue, tropical and ... Parenteral or enteral nutrition ... Differential #Diagnosis #nutrition
Lelli's Test (Lever Sign) for ACL Injury

A fist is placed under the proximal 3rd of the
3rd of the calf and ... rises from the table ... rise from the table ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Diagnosis Poor Intake ... acidosis (Types 1 and ... Low #Potassium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Etiologies of Folate Deficiency
 • Decreased dietary intake - uncommon in this era
 • Increased requirements
Decreased dietary intake ... folate that can cause ... pyrimethamine and ... contraceptive and ... diagnosis #hematology #nutrition
Positive Lachman test in ACL Injury

Here is an exam of a patient under anesthesia with an
That causes the ... during running and ... clinical #video #PhysicalExam ... cruciate #ligament #msk
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
flexes at the knee and ... rises off the table ... #Contracture #PhysicalExam ... video #sports #msk
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
: Pathogenesis and ... - Little or no nutritional ... intake in recent ... , chemotherapy and ... Constipation - MSK
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
• Inadequate intake ... persons with poor nutrition ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... , or any other cause ... Pathophysiology #Nutrition