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Is a decrease in activities of daily living in the elderly irreversible? A case report of Wernicke encephalopathy in home medical care

The patient was an 83‐year‐old male who, after being hospitalized for 70 days for suffocation due to aspiration, was provided with home medical care (HMC) as his physical condition did not allow him to climb stairs. Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) was suspected based on his disorientation and a continu...

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Autores principales: Onizawa, Nobuyuki, Ishida, Mayumi, Uchida, Nozomu, Sato, Izumi, Yoshioka, Akira, Ito, Hiroshi, Onishi, Hideki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9062558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35509342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.523