Cardiac complications of malnutrition in adolescent patients: A narrative review of contemporary literature

• Ngā kaituhi matua: JosephBurns (Author), CarolineShank (Author), MadhusudanGanigara (Author), NadiaSaldanha (Author), ArushiDhar (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
• Urunga tuihono: Connect to this object online.

Eating disorders are common. Between 1% and 2% of adolescent females and 0.5% of males suffer from anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Although suicide represents nearly half of the mortality in patients with eating disorders, a majority of the remainder is cardiac arrest,...