About this course

Learning Objectives

• Evaluar hallazgos detallados del examen físico,incluyendo inestabilidad sutil de los signos vitales, marcadores dermatológicos y manifestaciones endocrinas para mejorar la detección temprana y la estratificación de riesgo en presentaciones complejas de trastornos de la conducta alimentaria.
• Evaluar los hallazgos del examen físico con los mecanismos fisiopatológicos subyacentes a los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria, para mejorar la interpretación clínica y aumentar la precisión en el diagnóstico de la severidad médica.
• Aplicar toma de decisiones clínicas basadas en evidencia al traducir los hallazgos del examen físico en acciones terapéuticas interdisciplinarias, incluyendo criterios de hospitalización, frecuencia del monitoreo médico y coordinaciones de tratamiento

Learning Levels

• All levels

Course Instructor(s)

• 

  Aridia Vasquez, MD, RD

  Registered Dietitian

  Aridia Vasquez is physician and a Registered Dietitian certified eating disorders specialist, and certified Intuitive Eating expert. Aridia has had a 13 years of experience in private practice, actively involved in nutrition and positive body image communities. She is the Medical Director of Renovatus by CPE, the first multidisciplinary program in the Dominican Republic for eating disorders. Aridia has designed the first eating disorders workshop awareness for primary care nutritionists in the Dominican Republic which includes a therapeutic dining room and nutrition in eating disorders workshops for parents. Aridia is a member of AED, IAEDP, NEDA, & IFEDD

References

• Mehler, P. S., & Andersen, A. E. (2017). Eating disorders: A guide to medical care and complications. JHU Press.
• Katzman, D. K. (2005). Medical complications in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: a review of the literature. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 37(S1), S52-S59.
• Peebles, R., & Sieke, E. H. (2019). Medical complications of eating disorders in youth. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, 28(4), 593-615.
• Gibson, D., Workman, C., & Mehler, P. S. (2019). Medical complications of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Psychiatric Clinics, 42(2), 263-274. doi:10.1016/j.psc.2019.01.009
• Westmoreland, P., Krantz, M. J., & Mehler, P. S. (2016). “Medical complications of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.” The American Journal of Medicine, 129(1), 30–37.. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190620998.013.29
• Peebles, R., Lesser, A., Park, C. C., Heckert, K., Timko, C. A., Lantzouni, E., ... & Weaver, L. (2017). Outcomes of an inpatient medical nutritional rehabilitation protocol in children and adolescents with eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders, 5(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-017-0134-6