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Table 29 Quetiapine for children and adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa

From: Canadian practice guidelines for the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders

Certainty assessment

Impact

Certainty

Importance

№ of studies

Study design

Risk of bias

Inconsistency

Indirectness

Imprecision

Other considerations

Weight, fear of weight gain, side effects

 1

Case Report

very serious a

not serious

not serious

not serious

none

Three cases described in which weight increased.

VERY LOW

CRITICAL

very serious a

not serious

not serious

not serious

none

Fear of weight gain improved.

VERY LOW

CRITICAL

very serious a

not serious

not serious

not serious

none

Side effects - Initial Fatigue, constipation.

VERY LOW

CRITICAL

  1. Explanations
  2. athis a series of three cases with no control group
  3. Bibliography:
  4. Case Report - Mehler-Wex 2008 [164]