Thiamine deficiency after bariatric surgery may lead to wernicke encephalopathy

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 692-694

  Raziel, Asnat ^a  

^a ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Nutritional deficiency; Thiamine deficiency; Vitamin B1; Wernicke encephalopathy (WE)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MULTIVITAMIN; THIAMINE;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CALORIC INTAKE; CONVALESCENCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH BYPASS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84870764064     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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