Anorexia nervosa:Outpatient treatment and medical management

Anorexia nervosa(AN)is a disabling,costly and potentially deadly illness.Treatment failure and relapse are common after completing treatment,and a substantial proportion of patients develop severe and enduring AN.The time from AN debut to the treatment initiation is normally unreasonably long.Over the past 20 years there has been empirical support for the efficacy of several treatments for AN.Moreover,outpatient treatment with family-based therapy or individual psychotherapy is associated with good outcomes for a substantial proportion of patients.Early intervention improves outcomes and should be a priority for all patients.Outpatient treatment is usually the best format for early intervention,and it has been demonstrated that even patients with severe or extreme AN can be treated as outpatients if they are medically stable.Inpatient care is more disruptive,more costly,and usually has a longer waiting list than does outpatient care.The decision as to whether to proceed with outpatient treatment or to transfer the patient for inpatient therapy may be difficult.The core aim of this opinion review is to provide the knowledge base needed for performing safe outpatient treatment of AN.The scientific essentials for outpatient treatment are described,including how to assess and manage the medical risks of AN and how to decide when transition to inpatient care is indicated.The following aspects are discussed:early intervention,outpatient treatment of AN,including outpatient psychotherapy for severe and extreme AN,how to determine when outpatient treatment is safe,and when transfer to inpatient healthcare is indicated.Emerging treatments,ethical issues and outstanding research questions are also addressed.

Outpatient hybrid endoscopic submucosal dissection with SOUTEN for early gastric cancer,followed by endoscopic suturing of the mucosal defect:A case report

BACKGROUND Although endoscopic submucosal dissection(ESD)is becoming more common for early gastric cancer,it requires more advanced techniques and a longer treatment duration than endoscopic mucosal resection.Hybrid ESD using a multifunctional snare(SOUTEN)has been reported to be effective for colorectal lesions,as it can reduce treatment duration.Endoscopic suturing of post-ESD mucosal defects has been reported to reduce the incidence of ESD-related complications.CASE SUMMARY This study reports outpatient hybrid ESD for early gastric cancer using SOUTEN,followed by endoscopic suturing of post-ESD mucosal defects in an 86-year-old man.On referral for ESD,a 10-mm flat,depressed lesion was found on the posterior wall of the gastric antrum,the depth of which was expected to be mucosal.Given his history of delirium,we performed outpatient endoscopic treatment.The procedure used was hybrid ESD using SOUTEN to reduce the duration of treatment and endoscopic suturing of post-ESD mucosal ESD defects to reduce complications.The procedure time was 62 min and the lesion was completely resected based on histopathological examination,with no reported postoperative complications.CONCLUSION This safe and useful procedure may be especially important for outpatient endoscopic treatment.