Wernicke's encephalopathy presenting as acute psychosis after gastric bypass

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 811-814

  Walker, Jonathan ^a   Kepner, Andrew ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

beriberi; thiamine deficiency; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THIAMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; ATAXIA; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFUSION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISORIENTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REFLEX DISORDER; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STOMACH BYPASS; TACHYCARDIA; TENDON REFLEX; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84869097043     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.03.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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