Death in Anorexia Nervosa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19306114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hilde Bruch (Texas Medical Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 135-144 |
| Publication date | 1971-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00006842-197103000-00005 |
| PMID | 5549658 |
| OpenAlex | W2029353550 |
| Language | EN |
Four cases of anorexia nervosa with fatal outcome are reported in this study. Only one death was related to severe inanition; in two instances, no satisfactory cause of death was found on autopsy. The fourth patient died from the effects of general calcinosis (Vitamin D poisoning), with cardiac and renal failure. There was nothing in the initial picture which suggested that these patients suffered from a more malignant form of anorexia nervosa than is generally seen by psychiatrists
Anorexia · Anorexia nervosa · Autopsy · Cause of death · Disease · Eating disorders · Psychiatry · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Restraint-Related Deaths · Pediatrics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |