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Do Stabilisation Admissions Support Eating Disorder Care? - Medscape
Eating Disorders (Google News) · April 15, 2026
In plain language
A recent study looked at how hospital stays help children and teens with restrictive eating disorders reach medical stability. Researchers found that while many patients arrive with dangerously low heart rates or blood pressure, most can be stabilized within a few days. After an average stay of three weeks, over sixty percent of these young people were able to return home to continue their recovery with outpatient support. This information helps families understand what to expect during a hospital admission for nutritional restoration.
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Key takeaways
- Most children admitted for medical stabilization are able to return home for continued outpatient recovery.
- About twenty-six percent of young patients are medically unstable when they first arrive at the hospital.
- The average hospital stay for medical stabilization of a restrictive eating disorder is twenty-one days.
- Nearly one-third of hospitalized children require a nasogastric tube for feeding during their stay.
- Medical stabilization, such as improving heart rate and blood pressure, typically takes about four days.
Do Stabilisation Admissions Support Eating Disorder Care? Medscape
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