[Incidence of hypophosphatemia in not critically ill patients with enteral feeding].

Background: 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.

Aim: To determine the incidence of hypophosphatemia in not critically ill patients receiving enteral feeding.

[Malnutrition in patients with cancer; four years experience].

Objective: To analyze the prevalence and degree of malnutrition among patients with cancer who were sent to an Oncological Nutrition visit.

Material And Methods: It is an observational crosssectional descriptive study. First nutrition visit data of all patientes aged ≥ 18 with cancer who were evaluated from march of 2008 to february of 2012 were used.