An audit of a high caloric refeeding regimen used for medically unstable adolescent inpatients with severe restrictive eating disorders

Results Median age 16.6 years (range: 14.7 19.9), median BMI 16.2 kg/m2 (12.4 18.5) on admission. Median weight gain in first week 4.0 kg (1.2 – 6.9), median total weight gain 7.8 kg (3.3 18.3). Median BMI on discharge 19.1 kg/m2 (16.4 21.0). Median length of stay 24.4 days (6.0 – 82.3 days). No admissions resulted in refeeding syndrome. Peripheral oedema and/or mild electrolyte abnormality occurred in 20.4% of admissions.