ABSTRACT: Anorexia nervosa (AN) has the highest mortality rate of all psychiatric illnesses due to the widespread organ dysfunction caused by the underlying severe malnutrition. Starvation causes hepatocyte injury and death leading to a rise in aminotransferases. Malnutrition-induced hepatitis is common among individuals with AN especially as body mass index decreases. Acute liver failure associated with coagulopathy and encephalopathy can rarely occur.

ABSTRACT:  Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder, which is associated with many different medical complications as a result of the weight loss and malnutrition that characterize this illness. It has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder. A large portion of deaths are attributable to the cardiac abnormalities that ensue as a result of the malnutrition associated with anorexia nervosa. In this review, the cardiac complications of anorexia nervosa will be discussed.

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ABSTRACT: This study evaluates potential associations of baseline physical function measures with anthropometrics and clinical outcomes in persons hospitalized with anorexia nervosa.  We conducted a retrospective study in a single hospital on 176 seriously ill persons with anorexia nervosa who required definitive medical stabilization. Licensed physical therapists assessed functional transfers and ambulation using the Functional Independence Measure.