Bilan somatique et critères de gravité dans l’anorexie mentale

Abstract: Anorexia nervosa is a serious syndrome that can kill patients due to malnutrition complications by muscular weakness, especially cardiac and/or diaphragmatic failure, and infections. Clinical gravity criteria, linked to body mass index and visceral impairment symptoms must be known. Major biological gravity criteria are severe and symptomatic hypokaliemia, hypophosphoremia and hypoglycaemia. Renutrition must absolutely be careful to prevent the refeeding syndrome, the major risk of severe anorexia that can cause multivisceral organ failure. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]