Background: The purpose of this study was to quantify cognitive deficits in severe anorexia nervosa (AN) before and after medical stabilization.
Methods: This was a prospective study of 40 females between the ages of 18 and 50 admitted to a medical stabilization unit with severe AN (%IBW < 70). The primary outcome of the study was change in test scores on the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) at baseline and after medical stabilization.
Results: There were no statistically significant differences in baseline RBANS scores between AN patients overall and controls ( = 0.0940). There was a statistically significant change in RBANS from baseline 94.1 + 12.7 to medical stabilization 97.1 + 10.6 ( = 0.0173), although notably both mean values fell within the average range. There were no significant differences in baseline RBANS scores between controls and AN-BP patients ( = 0.3320) but significant differences were found between controls and AN-R patients ( = 0.0434).
Conclusions: No baseline deficits in cognition were found in this sample of women with severe AN.
Background: Improving care for SEED-AN patients is urgently needed. Current specialist eating disorder (SEDU) programs have minimal impact, resulting in poor quality of life. Flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) focuses on improving the quality of life of people with severe mental illness.
Dengue infection poses a significant public health challenge in tropical countries. In Thailand, children ages 5-14 years are among the groups with the highest incidence of dengue. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations in children with dengue infection and assess prognostic factors for severe dengue.
INSERM UMR 1138, Team 22, Information Science to Support Personalized Medicine, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Université de Paris, 15 rue de l'école de médecine 75006 Paris, France; Radiation Oncology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 20 rue Leblanc 75015 Paris, France.
Introduction: Patients with a head and neck (HN) cancer undergoing radiotherapy risk critical weight loss and oral intake reduction leading to enteral nutrition. We developed a predictive model for the need for enteral nutrition during radiotherapy in this setting. Its performances were reported on a real-world multicentric cohort.
Eating disorders are serious psychiatric illnesses marked by disordered behaviors toward food and eating due to dissatisfactory body shape and weight, which impact the physical and psychological growth of children and adolescents. This review aims to recognize the effectiveness of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in treating eating disorders. The most common type of eating disorder is anorexia nervosa characterized by severe restriction of energy intake and an intense fear of gaining weight.
Background: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has developed a rich theoretical system and practical experience in fighting to infectious diseases over the past thousands of years, and has played an important role in controlling the spread owing to its unique advantages. In particular, its significant contribution to the prevention and control of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is widely recognized. COVID-19 infection is mainly non-severe with a favorable overall outcome, but patients with comorbidities tend to have a poor prognosis.
