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What is the exact cause of re feeding edema ?
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Heart failure: Refeeding syndrome is complex process loosely defined as severe electrolyte disturbances and fluid shifts after providing nutrition to a previously starving person. The condition can be lethal. It is thought that rapid shifts in electrolytes and fluids can cause acute heart failure which results in edema.
Answered 4/16/2014
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