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- Title
Incidencia de hipofosfatemia en pacientes ingresados no críticos con nutrición enteral.
- Authors
Fernández López, María Teresa; Gómez Márquez, Áurea María; Casado Vázquez, Laura; Alonso Urrutia, Susana; Bardasco Alonso, María Luisa; Rivero Luis, María Teresa; Fernández Pérez, Eva; Blanco, Susana Barreiros; Alves Pérez, María Teresa; Mato Mato, José Antonio; Fernández López, Maria Teresa; Barreiros Blanco, Susana
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Up to 30-40% of the patients starting artificial nutritional support develop hypophosphatemia. In general, patients with mild and moderate hypophosphatemia do not have symptoms, but severe hypophosphatemia is the hallmark of refeeding syndrome.<bold>Aim: </bold>To determine the incidence of hypophosphatemia in not critically ill patients receiving enteral feeding.<bold>Material and Methods: </bold>Prospective study. We assessed during seven days 181 not critically ill patients started on enteral artificial nutrition support during seven days.<bold>Results: </bold>51.9% of the patients were considered to be at risk of developing refeeding syndrome (United Kingdom National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence criteria). The incidence of hypophosphatemia was 31.5%, but only 1.1% of the patients developed severe hypophosphatemia. Older age and lower plasma proteins were significantly associated with hypophosphatemia.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The incidence of severe hypophosphatemia in our study is low, so we can't offer robust conclusions about the risk of hypophosphatemia in the type of patients receiving enteral nutrition.
- Publication
Nutrición Hospitalaria, 2017, Vol 34, Issue 4, p761
- ISSN
0212-1611
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.20960/nh.615