Book contents
- Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency Physician
- Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency Physician
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1. General considerations for psychiatric care in the emergency department
- Section 2. Evaluation of the psychiatric patient
- Section 3. Psychiatric illnesses
- Chapter 8 The patient withdepression in the emergency department
- Chapter 9 Assessment of the suicidal patient in the emergency department
- Chapter 10 The patient with somatoform disorders in the emergency department
- Chapter 11 The patient with anxiety disorders in the emergency department
- Chapter 12 The patient with post-traumatic stress disorder in the emergency department
- Chapter 13 The patient with psychosis in the emergency department
- Chapter 14 Personality disorders in the acute setting
- Chapter 15 The patient with factitious disorders or malingering in the emergency department
- Chapter 16 The patient with delirium and dementia in the emergency department
- Chapter 17 The patient with excited delirium in the emergency department
- Chapter 18 Medical illness in psychiatric patients in the emergency department
- Chapter 19 Acute care ofeating disorders
- Chapter 20 Management of the emergency department patient with co-occurringsubstance abuse disorder
- Section 4. Treatment of the psychiatric patient
- Section 5. Special populations
- Section 6. Administration of psychiatric care
- Index
Chapter 19 - Acute care ofeating disorders
from Section 3. - Psychiatric illnesses
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Book contents
- Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency Physician
- Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency Physician
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1. General considerations for psychiatric care in the emergency department
- Section 2. Evaluation of the psychiatric patient
- Section 3. Psychiatric illnesses
- Chapter 8 The patient withdepression in the emergency department
- Chapter 9 Assessment of the suicidal patient in the emergency department
- Chapter 10 The patient with somatoform disorders in the emergency department
- Chapter 11 The patient with anxiety disorders in the emergency department
- Chapter 12 The patient with post-traumatic stress disorder in the emergency department
- Chapter 13 The patient with psychosis in the emergency department
- Chapter 14 Personality disorders in the acute setting
- Chapter 15 The patient with factitious disorders or malingering in the emergency department
- Chapter 16 The patient with delirium and dementia in the emergency department
- Chapter 17 The patient with excited delirium in the emergency department
- Chapter 18 Medical illness in psychiatric patients in the emergency department
- Chapter 19 Acute care ofeating disorders
- Chapter 20 Management of the emergency department patient with co-occurringsubstance abuse disorder
- Section 4. Treatment of the psychiatric patient
- Section 5. Special populations
- Section 6. Administration of psychiatric care
- Index
Summary
This chapter gives a brief overview of the eating disorders (EDs) such as anorexia nervosa (AN), Bulimia nervosa (BN), and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). It discusses recognition of EDs and commonly associated medical complications and their management in the acute setting. Patients with EDs are often quite reluctant to disclose their illness to healthcare providers and may present to the emergency department with vague non-specific complaints rather than complaints directly attributable to their ED. Identification and proper management of these patients requires the healthcare provider to maintain a high index of suspicion for these illnesses and to readily recognize signs and symptoms consistent with ED pathology. Common presenting complaints include headache, mood changes, sore throat, dizziness/syncope, palpitations, fatigue/generalized weakness, sports-related or overuse injuries, and gastrointestinal (GI) complaints such as indigestion, abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and hematemesis. The chapter also provides suggestions for definitive, long-term treatment referral.
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- Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency Physician , pp. 140 - 149Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013