Resting tachycardia, a warning sign in anorexia nervosa: Case report

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Krantz, Mori J ^a,b   Mehler, Philip S ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bradycardia; Malnutrition; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HAIR; HAND; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; LEG PAIN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ERYSIPELAS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BRADYCARDIA; CELLULITIS; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; REST; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 13144264927     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-4-10     Document Type: Article

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