title: [Shoshin beriberi: myth or reality?].
abstract: Shoshin is a fulminating form of cardiac beriberi developing in a few hours in a young alcoholic. Without specific treatment it evulers, toward death by cardiogenic shock and metabolic acidosis. Treatment by thiamine and alkalinisation permits a spectacular and fast recovery.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masset
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lancellotti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nkoghe
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D001602:Beriberi / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D013831:Thiamine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013831:Thiamine