Symptoms, Investigations and Treatment in Eating Disorders: A Quick Reference Guide for all ED Professionals. This item is unavailable.Symptoms, Investigations and Treatment in Eating Disorders: A Quick Reference Guide for all ED Professionals

The book is about medical symptoms, signs, investigations, and interpreting the findings of the investigations. The book also contains information about the management of the blood test findings and the clinical situation, when, where, and how to treat the medical conditions. The book is designed to meet the clinical need of professionals with varying degrees of medical knowledge and expertise in a reader-friendly manner. The book starts with symptoms and signs of various systems in the body (e.g. gastroenterology, cardiology). Symptoms that are relevant in ED settings and the context in which they might occur has been explained; hence, the clinicians need not go through various medical textbooks to understand what the patient is presenting with. Interpreting the symptoms, understanding the blood results in the context of the symptoms, and deciding on the type and location of the intervention is what this book is about. Each macro- or micronutrient (e.g. potassium, magnesium, vitamins) will have the following information: Functions of that element in the body (e.g. what does potassium do in the body) Normal range (would be a useful guide since it includes ranges of rare blood test results, hence a quick reference guide) Food that is rich in that element-useful in offering advice to patients who show mild level of changes in the blood Eating disorder specific points of interest about the micro- or macronutrient High or low levels of that nutrient and when this will be observed in an eating disorder setting Correlation with various levels and the treatment

Dr. Sekar is currently working as a full-time consultant psychiatrist in a community-based eating-disorders service in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. He has good experience of medically managing patients with eating disorders in the community. He works closely with general practitioners, accident and emergency departments, specialists from other branches of medicine, and local clinical laboratories. He has substantial experience in managing high-risk patients in the community. He also jointly manages patients who are admitted in medical wards due to complications in their eating disorders. Dr. Muthu, in his capacity as hospitalist consultant, has had the opportunity to treat a wide variety of nutritional deficiency patients who presents acute life-threatening medical complications related to this illness. His interest includes electrolyte abnormalities in life-threatening arrhythmias, meeting nutritional needs of critically ill patients, and prevention of nutritional deficiency with appropriate replacement for the patient's at the risk of nutritional deficiencies.