Refeeding Syndrome and Non-Alcoholic Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a Middle-aged Male Initially Presenting with Gallstone Pancreatitis: A Clinical Challenge

Wernicke’s Encephalopathy (WE) is a neurological condition characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ataxic gait, and altered mental status. It is an underdiagnosed yet severely limiting disease process precipitated by thiamine deficiency. Often times, it can occur in conjunction with other disease states l...

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Autores principales: Butt, Ifrah, Ulloa, Nicolas, Surapaneni, Balarama K, Kasmin, Franklin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6750637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31538039
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5156

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