Emergency room presentations of people with anorexia nervosa

Journal of Eating Disorders

Review

Jeana Cost¹  Philip S. Mehler²  Kristin Anderson²  Maryrose Bauschka³  Asma Farooq³ 

[1] ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA;Eating Recovery Center, Denver, CO, USA;ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA;University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA;ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA;University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;

关键词: Emergency room;    Medical complications;    Electrolyte;    Pain;    Hypoglycemia;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40337-023-00742-x

 received in 2022-09-30, accepted in 2023-01-27,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

People with anorexia nervosa (AN) tend to shy away from engaging in typical primary care provider relationships in order to avoid detection. Therefore, they may seek care for their medical concerns through a local emergency department (ED). Inherently, AN is associated with a litany of medical complications, which become more prevalent as the severity of their eating disorder increases. Notwithstanding the typical young age at the onset of AN, no body system is immune to these medical complications. Thus, ED providers may need to pursue a medical diagnosis in order to explain presenting symptoms in people with AN. In addition to the medical issues, AN is also a serious mental illness with high mortality rates, including deaths by suicide. Therefore, ED providers also need to be familiar with relevant mental health issues for these people.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s) 2023