Severe anorexia nervosa: outcomes from a medical stabilization unit.

Objective: We report data from the medical stabilization and refeeding of patients with severe anorexia nervosa admitted over a 15-month period.

Method: Through chart review and computerized data collection, we evaluated demographic and clinical data from 25 consecutive patients admitted to our medical stabilization unit from October 2008 to January 2010.

Results: In this adult-patient population with a median body mass index (BMI) of 13.