Postoperative suspected Wernicke's encephalopathy in a rectal cancer patient: a case report

J Palliat Care. 2012 Winter;28(4):290-2.

Authors

Marco D'Ettorre¹, Fausto Rosa, Alessandro Coppola, Caterina Mele, Sergio Alfieri, Giovanni Battista Doglietto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli, 8-00168 Rome, Italy. marco.dettorre@hotmail.it

PMID: 23413765

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Enteral Nutrition / methods
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications* / drug therapy
Rectal Neoplasms / complications*
Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
Renal Dialysis / adverse effects*
Thiamine / therapeutic use
Thiamine Deficiency / complications*
Thiamine Deficiency / drug therapy
Thiamine Deficiency / prevention & control
Wernicke Encephalopathy / drug therapy
Wernicke Encephalopathy / etiology*
Wernicke Encephalopathy / prevention & control

Substances

Thiamine