An observational study in Anorexia Nervosa, sponsored by Bnai Zion Medical Center. Status unknown at 1 site in Israel. Open to participants aged 12 Years to 18 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-07-21.
Sponsored by Bnai Zion Medical Center · Observational
The investigators hypothesize that lung function would be adversely affected at the hypocaloric stage of adolescents suffering from anorexia nervosa.
Anorexia Nervosa in adolescents holds adverse effects on different body systems as the cardiovascular, central nervous, endocrine, bone and gastrointestinal systems. There is paucity of information regarding the adverse effects of this tenacious illness on the lungs of adolescents at the hypocaloric stage of their illness. Based on previous clinical observations we postulate that lung function tests would be adversely effected by the hypocaloric nutrition of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and that they may improve during short refeeding in an inpatient setting of a general pediatric ward. To examine our hypothesis we would check lung function by various parameters of adolescents suffering from AN and a control group of adolescents.
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This study's planned enrollment of 15 is below the median of 65 across 104 observational studies indexed under Anorexia.
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Adolescents 12-18 years old hospitalized to a pediatric ward
Exclusion Criteria:
Adolescent 12-18 years old, fulfilling the DSM IV criteria for anorexia nervosa, hospitalized for medical stabilization and/ or initiation of refeeding
Adolescents 12-18 years old without anorexia nervosa hospitalized for reasons other than those involving the respiratory system and with no underlying lung disease
Lung function tests at admission of adolescents with anorexia nervosa
Time frame: On addmission to the pediatric ward
Lung function tests at discharge of adolescents with anorexia nervosa
Time frame: On discharge from the pediatric ward
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