Altered Mental Status and Cardiac Failure Due to Thiamine Deficiency in an Overweight Teen

We describe an overweight but otherwise previously healthy 17-year-old female who presented with altered mental status and rapidly progressive weakness. She was ultimately diagnosed with Wernicke encephalopathy and wet beriberi resulting from severe thiamine deficiency. She required admission to the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatrics (Evanston) 2024-04, Vol.153 (4), p.1
Hauptverfasser:	Slagle, Brittany M, Meece, Trevor, Foster, Claire, Campbell, Andrew, Tong, Lauren, Drake, Paul
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Body weight Echocardiography Heart Heart failure Hypoventilation Mental health Overweight Pediatrics Teenagers Thiamine Vitamin B Vitamin deficiency Wernicke's encephalopathy
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