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| Carl Laird BirminghamSummaryAffiliation: University of British Columbia Country: Canada Publications
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The incidence of co-morbidities related to obesity and overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysisDaphne P Guh
Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St Paul s Hospital, BC, Canada
BMC Public Health 9:88. 2009..The primary objective of this study is to provide an estimate of the incidence of each co-morbidity related to obesity and overweight using a meta-analysis...
Reliability of the AccuSens Taste Kit(c) in patients with eating disordersC Laird Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Eat Weight Disord 10:e45-8. 2005..The results were analyzed graphically and with the kappa statistic (K). The taste test was found to be unreliable and should not be used to determine zinc status...- Hyperthyroidism in anorexia nervosa: case report and review of the literatureCarl Laird Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Int J Eat Disord 39:619-20. 2006..To report hyperthyroidism as a cause of unexpected weight gain during the course of anorexia nervosa (AN)... - Rumination in eating disorders: literature reviewC L Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Eat Weight Disord 11:e85-9. 2006..There have been no controlled trials published of any treatment for rumination in eating disorders... - How does zinc supplementation benefit anorexia nervosa?C L Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Eat Weight Disord 11:e109-11. 2006..However, oral zinc supplementation is infrequently prescribed as an adjunctive treatment for AN. Understanding the mechanism of action of zinc may increase its use... - Heart failure in anorexia nervosa: case report and review of the literatureC L Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Eat Weight Disord 12:e7-10. 2007..To report the presentation and causes of heart failure complicating anorexia nervosa (AN)... - Gastric bezoar in anorexia nervosaC Laird Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, University of British Columbia, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1Y6, Canada
Eat Weight Disord 12:e28-9. 2007..To report the case of a gastric bezoar in a patient with anorexia nervosa (AN)... - Complementary and alternative medical treatments for anorexia nervosa: case report and review of the literatureC L Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, University of British Columbia, St Paul s Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1Y6 Canada
Eat Weight Disord 12:e51-3. 2007..To report the case of a 38-year-old woman with anorexia nervosa (AN) who chose to use an alternative (Zen) therapy instead of conventional treatment and to review the literature on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for AN... - An algorithm for the diagnosis of Münchausen's syndrome in eating disordersC L Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, University of British Columbia, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, B C V6Z 1Y6, Canada
Eat Weight Disord 12:e75-7. 2007..To present an algorithm for the diagnosis of Münchausen's syndrome (MS) in patients with eating disorders (ED)... 
Are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa separate disorders? Challenging the 'transdiagnostic' theory of eating disordersC Laird Birmingham
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Canada
Eur Eat Disord Rev 17:2-13. 2009..Anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are classified as separate and distinct clinical disorders. Recently, there has been support for a transdiagnostic theory of eating disorders, which would reclassify them as one disorder...- Caloric requirement for refeeding inpatients with anorexia nervosa: the contribution of anxiety exercise, and cigarette smokingC L Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, St Paul s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Eat Weight Disord 10:e6-9. 2005..There is no reliable equation that predicts the number of calories required for a weight gain. It was our clinical suspicion that anxiety, exercise, and cigarette smoking might increase the caloric need for refeeding... - The mortality rate from anorexia nervosaC Laird Birmingham
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Int J Eat Disord 38:143-6. 2005..We determined the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) in our anorexia nervosa (AN) patient population... - Coronary atherosclerosis in anorexia nervosaCarl Laird Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, St Paul s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Int J Eat Disord 34:375-7. 2003..Chest pain is a common complaint in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). Of those who experience chest pain, about 20% meet the diagnostic criteria for typical or atypical angina... - Reduced febrile response to bacterial infection in anorexia nervosa patientsC Laird Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, University of British Columbia, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Int J Eat Disord 34:269-72. 2003..To report a reduced febrile response to bacterial infections in anorexia nervosa (AN) patients... - Respiratory muscle weakness and anorexia nervosaC Laird Birmingham
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Int J Eat Disord 33:230-3. 2003..Nutritional recovery in anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with improved exercise tolerance... - Clinical decision analysis and anorexia nervosaC Laird Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Int J Law Psychiatry 26:719-23. 2003 - Randomized controlled trial of warming in anorexia nervosaC Laird Birmingham
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Int J Eat Disord 35:234-8. 2004..To determine if warming therapy increases the rate of weight gain in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) who are hospitalized for refeeding... - Pancreatitis causing death in bulimia nervosaCarl Laird Birmingham
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B C V6Z 1Y6, Canada
Int J Eat Disord 36:234-7. 2004.... - Hypomagnesemia during refeeding in anorexia nervosaC L Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, St Paul s Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Canada
Eat Weight Disord 9:236-7. 2004..Magnesium deficiency can cause weakness, constipation, seizures and arrhythmias. We frequently observe hypomagnesemia during refeeding in AN... - The management of adult obesityC L Birmingham
Eating Disorders Program, St Paul s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Eat Weight Disord 8:157-63. 2003..Two problems are briefly examined: pregnancy and stopping cigarettes smoking... - Long-term effect of ileogastrostomy surgery for morbid obesity on diabetes mellitus and sleep apneaIain G M Cleator
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Obes Surg 16:1337-41. 2006..The long-term effects of ileogastrostomy surgery for morbid obesity on diabetes mellitus and sleep apnea were investigated... - Immunoreactive ghrelin in human cord blood: relation to anthropometry, leptin, and growth hormoneJean Pierre Chanoine
Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, Room K4212, British Columbia Children s Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 35:282-6. 2002..Leptin and ghrelin central effects are mediated, at least partly, through the neuropeptide Y/Y1 receptor pathway in the hypothalamus... - Cutaneous manifestations of eating disordersIngrid Tyler
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Cutan Med Surg 6:345-53. 2002..The resolution of skin eruptions in eating disorder patients often depends on treatment of the underlying disorder... - Visceral adipose tissue accumulation differs according to ethnic background: results of the Multicultural Community Health Assessment Trial (M-CHAT)Scott A Lear
School of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 86:353-9. 2007..Previous studies have not adequately investigated differences in discrete regions of abdominal adiposity across ethnic groups... - Early emphysema in patients with anorexia nervosaHarvey O Coxson
Department of Radiology, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:748-52. 2004..These data demonstrate that emphysema-like changes are present in the lungs of patients who are chronically malnourished... - Study design of the Multicultural Community Health Assessment Trial (M-CHAT): a comparison of body fat distribution in four distinct populationsScott A Lear
School of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia
Ethn Dis 16:96-100. 2006..The purpose of the study is to compare the relationship between visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and total body fat in men and women of Aboriginal, Chinese, and South Asian origin with a similar group of men and women of European origin...