Nourishing when medically compromised
Rosewood provides inpatient treatment for eating disorders. Our first priority for a patient is to restore medical stability. This may involve the use of a feeding tube or restoration shakes. Our staff is trained to avoid the complications associated with refeeding syndrome, which can cause problems if food is re-introduced too quickly. We do lab work daily monitoring levels of potassium and electrolytes. When managed, these levels often start to return to normal very quickly.
The highest level of care outside of a hospital setting reflects our standard of high quality physician-driven medical and psychiatric care; this upholds the strongest standards of care for patients with medical complications of eating disorders. This includes such illnesses as:
- Severe malnutrition
- Food allergies and lactose intolerance
- Dehydration
- Electrolyte disorders including low sodium, potassium and phosphorus
- Heart and blood pressure complications
- Shortness of breath
- Liver and kidney dysfunction
- Bowel dysfunction including constipation, gastroparesis and irritable bowel syndrome
- Loss of menstrual periods and reproductive function
- Bone loss
- Brain dysfunction with delayed response, poor memory and attention function
