Affiliations: Brain Injury Unit, Guttmann Institute, Neurorehabilitation Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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Address for correspondence: Beatriz Castaño, Guttmann Institute, Neurorehabilitation Hospital, Cami de Can Ruti, s/n, 08916 Badalona, Spain. Tel.: +93 4977700; Fax: +93 4977707; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Background:raumatic brain injury (TBI) can lead to changes in eating behavior patterns with significant clinical manifestations. Methods:Medical records of four patients with severe TBI and eating disorders attending the neurorehabilitation program of our brain injury unit were reviewed. Conclusions:Several eating disorders observed among the four cases, may be present from early phases and remain years after the lesion. Symptoms do not adhere to the typical forms of anorexia and bulimia. Factors influencing the weight changes experienced by patients with brain injury included reduction in physical activity, metabolic disorders and treatment with psychotropic drugs.
