Wernicke's encephalopathy in a malnourished surgical patient: A difficult diagnosis

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Busani, Stefano ^a   Bonvecchio, Cinzia ^a   Gaspari, Arianna ^a   Malagoli, Marcella ^b   Todeschini, Alessandra ^b   Cautero, Nicola ^a   Girardis, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Neuroradiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral bleeding; MRI; Septic shock; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK, SEPTIC; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84932137345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-718     Document Type: Article

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