Lung Function Tests in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa

Bnai Zion Medical Center15 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Anorexia Nervosa

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 12 YearsMax age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adolescents with anorexia nervosa * Ability to preform lung function tests * Parents signing informed concent and adolescents signing informed ascent Exclusion Criteria: * A history of a lung disease * Intercurrent lung illness

Locations (1)

Bnai Zion Medical Centre, Department of Pediatrics

Haifa, Israel

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Lung function tests at admission of adolescents with anorexia nervosa

Time frame: On addmission to the pediatric ward

Secondary Outcomes

Lung function tests at discharge of adolescents with anorexia nervosa

Time frame: On discharge from the pediatric ward

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