title: Complications of emergency refeeding in anorexia nervosa: case series and review.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, UK.
authors: G J
authors: GJ
authors: Webb
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Smith
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Thursby-Pelham
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Smith
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Stroud
authors: A N
authors: AN
authors: Da Silva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004487:Edema / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D017674:Hypophosphatemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D055677:Refeeding Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult