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What are the risk factors for QTc interval prolongation and dispersion in teenage girls with eating disorders and ongoing weight loss?
What are the risk factors for QTc interval prolongation and dispersion in teenage girls with eating disorders and ongoing weight loss?
Severe underweight and rapid weight loss in eating disorder patients are independent predictors of QTc prolongation and dispersion, highlighting the need for ECG monitoring even without electrolyte disturbances.
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May warrant ECG monitoring in underweight eating-disorder teens; leaves open causality and reversibility with refeeding.
Swenne et al. (1999) studied this question.
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