Distinctive Acid-Base Pattern in Wernicke's Encephalopathy

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 722-725

  Donnino, Michael W ^a   Miller, Joseph ^b   Garcia, A Joseph ^b   McKee, Edward ^c   Walsh, Mark ^d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d is an assistant professor of nursing at Bethel College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANION GAP; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFABULATION; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; SYMPTOM; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WEAKNESS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THIAMINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 36048985461     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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