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
More information
Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program at Stanford Children's Health