title: Recognizing, managing medical consequences of eating disorders in primary care.
abstract: Eating disorders can lead to serious health problems, and as in many other disorders, primary care physicians are on the front line. Problems that can arise from intentional malnutrition and from purging affect multiple organ systems. Treatment challenges include maximizing weight gain while avoiding the refeeding syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Leah P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Dickstein
authors.forename: Kathleen N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: Ellen S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Rome
authors.forename: Moises
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Auron
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D055677:Refeeding Syndrome / Q000150:complications