Citation

Robb AS. Clin. Pediatr. Emerg. Med. 2004; 5(3): 181-186.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.cpem.2004.05.002

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Children with eating disorders rarely present to the emergency department with a chief complaint of eating disorder symptoms. Much more frequently, children present with the co-morbid psychiatric illness or the medical sequelae of their eating disorder. This article will review the common eating disorders across three different age ranges. It will review the common co-morbid psychiatric presentations and the medical sequelae of starvation and medical symptoms specific to each eating disorder. Emergency department clinicians must include eating disorders in their differential for a variety of medical and psychiatric presentations to avoid missing an important and treatable illness of childhood. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

human; child; suicide attempt; anorexia nervosa; kidney disease; mood disorder; review; substance abuse; bulimia; eating disorder; differential diagnosis; weight reduction; clinical feature; cognitive defect; anxiety disorder; childhood disease; osteoporosis; electrolyte disturbance; starvation; emergency health service; diagnostic accuracy; neurologic disease; metabolic disorder; heart disease; hematologic disease; gastrointestinal disease; endocrine disease; caloric intake; osteopenia