アブストラクト | One of the main purposes of admission for anorexia nervosa is to manage acute medical conditions related to this condition. Factors associated with in-hospital mortality in anorexia nervosa remain unclear. This study describes the clinical features of anorexia nervosa patients requiring hospitalization in Japan. We analyzed the association between in-hospital mortality and body mass index upon admission using a currently available, nationwide hospital-based database. We identified 669 eligible patients with anorexia nervosa (BMI </= 16.5) from 229 hospitals between July and December, 2010. More than 90 % of the patients were female and 100 patients were admitted involuntarily. The average body mass index was 13.1, and the in-hospital mortality rate was 0.7 %. Five patients who died had a BMI under 11, indicating that patients with an extremely low BMI may be likely to die, despite admission. |
ジャーナル名 | Eating and weight disorders : EWD |
投稿日 | 2013/8/10 |
投稿者 | Nakamura, Mitsuhiro; Yasunaga, Hideo; Shimada, Takafumi; Horiguchi, Hiromasa; Matsuda, Shinya; Fushimi, Kiyohide |
組織名 | Department of Psychiatry, Yokohama Camellia Hospital, 920 Shiranecyo, Asahiku,;Yokohama, Kanagawa, 241-0003, Japan, michongjr@ybb.ne.jp. |
Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23929026/ |