Rapid onset of Wernicke's encephalopathy following gastric restrictive surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 661-662

  Solá, Eva ^a   Morillas, Carlos ^a,b   Garzón, Sandra ^a   Ferrer, José Manuel ^a   Martín, Javier ^a   Hernández Mijares, Antonio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Morbid obesity; Thiamine deficiency; Vomiting; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTRIC BANDING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0041626038     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203322190934     Document Type: Article

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