Table 5.

Table 5 Common medical indications for inpatient hospitalization for anorexia nervosa

– Generally, weight <75% of individually estimated healthy body weight or acute weight decline with food refusal
– For adults:
	Heart rate <40 beats per minute (bpm)
	Blood pressure <90/60 mmHg or orthostatic hypotension (with an increase in pulse of >20 bpm or a drop in blood pressure of >10-20 mmHg/min from lying to standing)
– For children:
	Heart rate <50 bpm
	Orthostatic changes of >20 bpm
	Blood pressure <80/50 mmHg
– Blood glucose levels <60 mg/dL, potassium <3 mEq/L
– Electrolyte imbalance (hypo- or hypernatremia, hypophosphatemia, hypomagnesemia, hypokalemia)
– Body temperature <97.0 ºF, dehydration
– Hepatic, renal, or cardiovascular organ compromise requiring acute treatment