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JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
卷 48, 期 6, 页码 625-629出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.09.019
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Eating disorder; Anorexia nervosa; Adolescent; Gastrostomy; Gastrojejunostomy; Pervasive refusal syndrome; Outpatient; Enteral nutrition; Tube feeding
Purpose: The aim of this case series was to describe five youths with psychiatric illnesses who underwent feeding tube placement as part of their treatment. Methods: The database of a Canadian academic tertiary care eating disorder program was used to identify patients with feeding tubes. Results: Five patients with feeding tubes were identified in the database of more than 600 patients. Of the five patients, two had anorexia nervosa and three suffered from food refusal as a result of a psychiatric illness unrelated to body image issues. For each patient, the tube was placed only after standard methods of treatment had failed, including repeated hospitalizations and in two cases, residential treatment. The primary goal of placing the tube was to allow for outpatient management of the patient. In all five cases, the healthy weight was restored, and four of the five patients experienced a significant improvement in independent eating behavior. Four of the five patients were found to have had their tube removed when this article was being written. None of the patients required further hospitalizations and no serious relapses were found to have occurred. Conclusion: This case series demonstrates that gastrostomy tube feeding can be an effective intervention to allow patients with eating disorders to be treated as outpatients. The limitations of this study include the small study size, the retrospective nature of the study, and the short follow-up after tube removal. Further study is needed to evaluate the psychological effects of enterostomy feeds in patients and their families. (C) 2011 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. All rights reserved.
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