Wernicke’s encephalopathy in a malnourished surgical patient: a difficult diagnosis

BACKGROUND: Wernicke’s encephalopathy is an acute neurological disorder resulting from thiamine deficiency mainly related to alcohol abuse. Severe thiamine deficiency is an emerging problem in non-alcoholic patients and it may develop in postoperative surgical patients with risk factors. CASE PRESEN...

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Autores principales: Busani, Stefano, Bonvecchio, Cinzia, Gaspari, Arianna, Malagoli, Marcella, Todeschini, Alessandra, Cautero, Nicola, Girardis, Massimo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4209069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25312751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-718

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