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Brief Title: Incidence of Refeeding Syndrome in Consecutively Admitted Patients
Official Title: Refeeding Syndrome - Incidence and Risk Factors: An Observational Study on Patients With G-I Disease and Head-neck Cancer
Study ID: NCT05967858
Brief Summary: The incidence and main risk-factors analyzed in consecutive in-patients in the departments og gastroenterology and ear-nose and throat diseases (cancer in radiation therapy)
Detailed Description: Patients with either parenteral- or tube feeding enter the study to assure sufficient nutrition. During hospitalization patients were monitored with daily blood samples and clinical evaluation of symptoms in addition to the coverage of energy and protein in percent of estimated needs. Refeeding phenomenon was defined as a decrease in plasma phosphate after the initiation of nutrition. Refeeding syndrome as refeeding phenomenon and one or more relevant symptoms in addition (hypotension, cardiac arrhythmia, edema, confusion)
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Name: jens R Andersen, MD, MPA
Affiliation: University of Copenhagen
Role: STUDY_CHAIR