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Disease septicemia
Phenotype C0162429|malnutrition
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PubMedID- 21039362 The majority of patients on continuous renal replacement therapy (crrt) will require phosphate supplementation shortly after crrt initiation.1 one reason is that critically ill patients present several conditions predisposing hypophosphatemia such as sepsis, alcohol withdrawal, malnutrition, catecholamines, intravenous glucose infusion, hyperventilation, diuretics and rhabdomyolysis.2–4 another reason is the crrt technique that achieves high clearance of small solutes, such as phosphate.5–9 in addition, low serum phosphate levels may also occur in the setting of extracellular to intracellular shifts that occur with respiratory alkalosis, high blood concentrations of stress hormones (i.e., insulin, glucagon, adrenalin, cortisol) and with refeeding syndrome.
PubMedID- 21831986 Background: severe malnutrition is frequently complicated by sepsis, leading to high case fatality.
PubMedID- 22064337 sepsis with malnutrition is the leading cause of death in cases of ecf.
PubMedID- 23304916 malnutrition, combined with sepsis, is one of the major killers of children younger than 5 years of age, and both malnutrition and sepsis can cause hp.

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