Wernicke's syndrome during parenteral feeding: Not an unusual complication

Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-146

  Francini Pesenti, Francesco ^a   Brocadello, Filippo ^a   Manara, Renzo ^a   Santelli, Luca ^a   Laroni, Alice ^a   Caregaro, Lorenza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Thiamine; Total parenteral nutrition; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CERNEVIT; GLUCOSE; IDROPLURIVIT; ISOLYTE 2000; MULTIVITAMIN; OLICLINOMEL N4 550; OLICLINOMEL N5 800; SOLUVIT; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS; VITAMINS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 58149460978     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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