Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect
Acute hypophosphataemia and hypokalaemia in a patient starting antiretroviral therapy in Zambia—a new context for refeeding syndrome?
1 University Teaching Hospital, Internal Medicine, Ridgeway Campus, Lusaka, N/A, Zambia
2 CDC Zambia, N/A, Lusaka, N/A, Zambia
3 University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1665 University Blvd, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
4 University of Maryland, N/A, Lusaka, N/A, Zambia
5 National Cancer Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Risk Factor Monitoring & Methods Branch, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd, MSC 7344, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7344, USA
6 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Medicine, PAUL 229, 728 21st St. South, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0007, USA
7 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Nutrition Sciences, Webb 439, 1675 University Blvd, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-3360, USA
Correspondence to:
Douglas Heimburdger, heimbur{at}uab.edu
High mortality rates have been reported in the first 90 days of antiretroviral therapy in Zambia and other low-income countries. We report a case of acute hypophosphataemia and hypokalaemia in the first week of antiretroviral therapy in a patient with extreme AIDS wasting. Given its occurrence in an extremely wasted patient, it may be physiologically similar to refeeding syndrome but other causes could be relevant as well. Acute hypophosphataemia may contribute to early antiretroviral therapy associated mortality in low-income countries.
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