title: [Wernicke´s encephalopathy and polyneuropathy associated with vitamin B complex deficiency after a bariatric surgery].
abstract: Bariatric surgery is a treatment that guarantees a substantial and lasting weight loss in addition to the tangible benefits relating to obesity-associated medical conditions. The increasing number of bariatric surgeries has revealed an increasing number of complications related to this procedure, including Wernicke´s encephalopathy and vitamin B deficiency polyneuropathies. Herein, a 7-week post-surgery case of Wernicke´s encephalopathy is presented that emphasizes the importance of an early recognition of these symptoms so as to initiate intervention during the reversible phase of these potentially lethal pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Unidad Cuidados Intensivos, Clínica Carlos Ardila Lülle-FOSCAL, Floridablanca, Colombia. tom.carvajal@gmail.com
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carvajal
authors.forename: Diana L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Iván M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Peña
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000150:complications; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014804:Vitamin B Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D014803:Vitamin B Complex