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| Title |
Three cases of appendicitis with anorexia nervosa under inpatient care
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| Published in |
Journal of Eating Disorders, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40337-015-0076-9 |
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| Authors |
Shu Takakura, Hiroaki Yokoyama, Chie Suzuyama, Keita Tatsushima, Makoto Yamashita, Motoharu Gondou, Chihiro Morita, Tomokazu Hata, Masato Takii, Keisuke Kawai, Nobuyuki Sudo |
| Abstract |
Little is known about the occurrence of appendicitis during the re-nourishment period in anorexia nervosa (AN). We report three cases of appendicitis in patients with AN that occurred after hospitalization for treatment of AN. Case 1 is a 34-year-old female, case 2 is a 17-year-old female and case 3 is a 38-year-old female. Constipation was observed in all three cases. Careful management of defecation might be essential to prevent appendicitis among AN patients during the re-nourishment period under inpatient care. In addition, mild and diffuse symptoms were observed in all three cases. Therefore, diagnosis proved to be difficult to make and abdominal computed tomography was particularly helpful in all cases. As the symptoms were diffuse, the condition of appendicitis turned out to be more severe and complicated in one case. Additionally, the incidence of appendicitis in AN in the current study might be higher than that in the normal population. These findings suggest that appendicitis should be considered as one of the potentially important complications in the therapy for AN. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 57% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 29% |
| Unknown | 1 | 14% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 12 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 25% |
| Professor | 2 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 17% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 1 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 3 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 25% |
| Psychology | 2 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 5 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 October 2016.
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#6,342,617
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#451
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#80,949
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#12
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