title: The severe lacticacidosis of thiamine deficiency: acute pernicious or fulminating beriberi.
abstract: Adults who had been drinking alcohol were admitted to hospital with severe lacticacidosis and died within two days. Empirical treatment with thiamine proved to be a cure for the disorder, for it was acute pernicious or fulminating beriberi. Thiamine deficiency is neglected as a cause of lacticacidosis.
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D001602:Beriberi / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013831:Thiamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013832:Thiamine Deficiency / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D013831:Thiamine