Medical Management of Eating Disorders : A Practical Handbook for Healthcare Professionals
Medical Management of Eating Disorders : A Practical Handbook for Healthcare Professionals
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Author(s): Birmingham, C. Laird
ISBN No.: 9780521727105
Pages: 286
Year: 201002
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 114.08
Status: Out Of Print

Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Part I. Definitions and Prevalence: 1. Definitions and epidemiology; Part II. Cause: 2. Causal and maintaining factors; Part III. Diagnosis and Clinical Features: 3. Obtaining the history and physical examination; 4. Complications by system; Nervous system; Dental; Skin; Respiratory; Heart and blood vessels; Gastrointestinal; Endocrine; Renal; Blood; Immune; 5.


Complications of nutritional therapy; 6 Laboratory testing; Part IV. Differential Diagnosis: 7. Differential diagnosis; 8. Munchausen's syndrome and eating disorders; Part V. Course and Prognosis: 9. Course and prognosis; 10. What is the goal weight?; 11. What is the risk of death?; Part VI.


Treatment: 12. Evidenced-based treatment; 13. Psychological therapies; 14. Medical management; 15. Managing treatment refusal; 16. Managing medical complications; Edema; Aches and pains; Weakness; Confusion; Loss of consciousness; Shortness of breath; Chest pain; Seizures; Palpitations; Amenorrhea; Bone fractures; Skin rash; Constipation; Abuse of laxatives; Diuretics; Diet pills; Ipecac; Insulin; Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome; Rumination; Drug overdose; Compulsive exercisers; 17. Children and adolescents; 18. Pregnancy; 19.


Geriatrics; 20. Males; 21. The chronic patient; 22. Diabetes mellitus; 23. Shoplifting; 24. Substance use; 25. Self-help treatment; Part VII. Obesity: 26.


Obesity; Index.


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