RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fifteen minute consultation: A structured approach to the management of children and adolescents with medically unstable anorexia nervosa
JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 175
OP 181
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311394
VO 102
IS 4
A1 Allison, Elizabeth
A1 Dawson, Nicola
A1 Phillips, Jane
A1 Lynch, Catherine
A1 Coleman, Jacinta
YR 2017
UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/102/4/175.abstract
AB Assessing and managing children who are underweight is an integral part of paediatric practice. Young people with anorexia nervosa (AN) are mainly cared for in the community by specialist eating disorder services. However, increasing numbers require admission to paediatric wards with medical instability due to the complications of starvation. Despite recommendations published in the junior MARSIPAN report in 2012, many paediatricians still feel poorly equipped to care for these high-risk patients. This article aims to provide a safe and structured approach to the assessment and management of children and adolescents with medically unstable AN.