title: Eating disorders: 1. Anorexia nervosa.
abstract: Few organ systems are spared the progressive deterioration seen in this disease. Most medical complications are the result of starvation and can be reversed with a well-planned refeeding program. A potentially catastrophic treatment complication is the refeeding syndrome, in which the demands that a repleted circulatory system places on a nutritionally depleted cardiac mass result in cardiovascular collapse.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Mehler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology