[Anorexia nervosa. Implications for emergency medical services]
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Using the Activity-based Anorexia Rodent Model to Study the Neurobiological Basis of Anorexia Nervosa
Published on: October 22, 2015
S N Stehr1, V Köllner, M D Frank
1Klinik und Poliklinik für Anaesthesiologie und Intensivtherapie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden.
Abstract:
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.
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