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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Main Authors: Busani, Stefano, Bonvecchio, Cinzia, Gaspari, Arianna, Malagoli, Marcella, Todeschini, Alessandra, Cautero, Nicola, Girardis, Massimo
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4209069/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25312751
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-718
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