Case report of acute thiamine deficiency occurring as a complication of vitamin-free parenteral nutrition

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-68

  Ferrie, Suzie ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

beriberi; parenteral nutrition; refeeding syndrome; thiamine deficiency; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; MULTIVITAMIN; PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CASE REPORT; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; GASTRIC SUCTION; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; MALE; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PEPTIC ULCER; PROTEIN DIET; RESPIRATORY ARREST; TACHYPNEA; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84856733922     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533611433332     Document Type: Article

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