Research Article
Higher Caloric Refeeding Is Safe in Hospitalised Adolescent Patients with Restrictive Eating Disorders
Table 2
Pretreatment and posttreatment clinical characteristics for 162 patients admitted for restrictive eating disorders.
| | Pretreatment characteristics | Posttreatment characteristics | | Admission () | (%) | First observed during admission | Week 0.5 () | Week 1 () | Week 1.5 () | Week 2 () | Week 2.5 () | Week 3 () | Week 3.5 () | Week 4 () |
| | BMI < 18.5 | 140 (86%) | Refeeding syndrome () | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | BMI > 18.5 | 22 (14%) | Hypophosphatemia (, 1%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Bradycardia | 100 (62%) | Hypomagnesaemia (, 7%) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Hypophosphatemia | 0 | Hypokalaemia (, 2%) | 3† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Hypomagnesaemia | 0 | Oedema (, 4%) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Hypokalaemia | 2 (1%) | | | | | | | | | | | Vomiting | 56 (35%) | | | | | | | | | | | Laxative use | 16 (10%) | | | | | | | | | |
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One patient’s baseline blood test sample was haemolysed.
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