[Anorexia nervosa. Implications for emergency medical services].
We discuss emergency medical service implications of eating disorders using the case of CPR in a 30-year-old female with severe anorexia nervosa and offer a literature review of potential lethal complications. Despite therapeutical advances, anorexia nervosa is still an illness with considerably high mortality. Potential severe complications of this illness can have life-threatening implications. Emergency medical service decisions have a prognostic impact on the further course of the illness. Whether patients should be treated against their own volition is of particular importance.
Klinik und Poliklinik für Anaesthesiologie und Intensivtherapie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden.
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D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis