| Title | Weight restoration in a patient with anorexia nervosa on dialysis. | | Author(s) | Woodside DB, Colton P, Staab R, Schreiber M, Sutandar-Pinnock K, Poynter B, Sacevich T | | Institution | Program for Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. b.woodside@utoronto.ca | | Source | Int J Eat Disord 2005 Dec; 38(4):380-2. | | MeSH | Adult
Anorexia Nervosa
Aspirin
Barbiturates
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Caffeine
Combined Modality Therapy
Comorbidity
Cooperative Behavior
Creatinine
Drug Combinations
Female
Heart Failure, Congestive
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Patient Care Team
Psychotherapy, Group
Recurrence
Renal Dialysis
Substance-Related Disorders
Treatment Outcome
Treatment Refusal
Water-Electrolyte Imbalance
| | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: We report a case of weight restoration in a patient with anorexia nervosa, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring dialysis, and cardiac insufficiency.
METHOD: The technical challenges and ethical issues involved in her clinical management are reviewed. Renal insufficiency is a common complication of more severe anorexia nervosa.
RESULTS: Progression to renal failure, when it occurs, is most typically a terminal event. There are currently no published guidelines for monitoring the weight gain of patients undergoing dialysis.
CONCLUSION: We present a case of a patient who progressed from renal insufficiency to renal failure while in treatment for anorexia nervosa, and who was ultimately successfully weight restored while on renal dialysis. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 16261601 |
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