Open AccessComplications of Emergency Refeeding in Anorexia Nervosa: Case series and review
Author(s) -
Gwilym Webb,
Kathryn H. Smith,
Fergus ThursbyPelham,
Trevor Smith,
Mike Stroud,
A N Da Silva
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0470
Subject(s) - refeeding syndrome , anorexia nervosa , medicine , anorexia , pediatrics , eating disorders , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , malnutrition
The refeeding syndrome is common among patients with anorexia nervosa. It may be lethal and has many manifestations. We report a case series of 14 anorexic patients admitted for feeding to a single British centre. There was a high prevalence of the refeeding syndrome, with three cases requiring higher dependency unit support and one death. We present a review of the refeeding syndrome in anorectics and highlight our impression that infection among such patients may be serious and under-recognised.