Wernicke encephalopathy: a medical emergency
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Wernicke encephalopathy: a medical emergency.
Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency causing Wernicke encephalopathy occurs most frequently in people with compromised absorption (e.g., malnutrition, hyperemesis), increased metabolism (e.g., sepsis, malignancy) or increased carbohydrate intake (e.g., administration of intravenous dextrose). Guidelines from the European Federation of Neurological Societies suggest that Wernicke enceph alopathy is ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.130091