For Referring Physicians
Admission Criteria
Adolescents with eating disorders or malnutrition who meet any of these criteria may be candidates for inpatient treatment:
Bradycardia | Pulse < 50 beats/minute at daytime, < 45 beats/minute at night |
Hypotension | BP < 90 / 45 mm Hg |
Hypothermia | T < 35.6 °C / 96 °F |
Orthostasis (from supine to standing position) |
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Weight |
< 75% median body mass index (mBMI) for age and sex |
EKG abnormalities | e.g., prolonged QTc > 460 msec |
Electrolyte abnormalities |
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Other acute medical events | e.g., syncope, GI bleeding, severe dehydration, etc. |
Contact Information
During regular business hours, please call our intake coordinator at: (650) 723-5511
Evenings and weekends, contact the adolescent medicine attending physician on call through the page operator: (650) 723-6661
Our Locations
Comprehensive Care Program Inpatient Unit, El Camino Hospital
Adolescent Medicine Outpatient Clinic, Sunnyvale
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic
Eating Disorder Outpatient Clinic, San Francisco
More Information
Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program at Stanford Children's Health