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ACUTE's specialized team takes pride in our commitment to excellence. The physicians at the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders are dedicated to providing the very best in medical care for patients suffering from severe eating disorders.
In an effort to continually set the standard of care for the industry, the staff at ACUTE actively conduct research, publish numerous articles on the medical complications of eating disorders, lecture broadly both nationally and internationally and consistently provide evidence to support successful treatment approaches in this unique patient population.
Based on data collected October 2008 through December 2010, n=56 patients
Median (Interquartile Range) a
Range
Age, years
27 (21 – 35)
17 – 65
Female b
56
90%
Length of Hospitalization, days
16 (9 – 29)
5 – 70
Calculated BEE
1119 (1067 – 1184)
906 – 1491
Measured BEE c
792 (634 – 1094)
500 – 1742
DEXA Z-score c
-2.2 ± 1.1
-4.4 – 0.7
Height, inches
65 (61 – 67)
57 – 74
Weight on admission, lbs
76.1 ± 14.4
50.8 – 110.0
% Ideal Body Weight on admission
62.2 ± 10.2
42.4 – 101.0
% Ideal Body Weight on discharge
63.2 ± 9.1
42.3 – 82.7
BMI on admission
12.9 ± 2.0
8.7 – 19.7
BMI nadir
12.4 ± 1.9
8.4 – 15.7
BMI on discharge
13.1 ± 1.9
8.7 – 17.0
Required ICU transfer
3 patients
21%
Discharged to eating disorder program
51 admissions
82%
a Mean ± standard deviation displayed if normally distributed. b Frequency and percentage shown for categorical variables. c Measured BEE available for 42 admission and DEXA scans for 38 patients.
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