However, thiamine deficiency (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome), absinthe toxicity, and lead poisoning may have significantly ...

A quantitative alcohol history should be recorded for all patients, because alcohol use contributes to many physical and mental disorders. A person-centered, nonjudgmental approach should be adopted.

Differential diagnoses include hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), heroin‐associated spongiform leukoencephalopathy, and opioid‐associated ...

See figure 2. For patients with alcohol withdrawal syndromes who are in hospital, it is important to assess for and aggressively treat thiamine deficiency, which can lead to Wernicke encephalopathy ...

Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS) is a severe form of alcohol-related brain damage caused by thiamine deficiency. It comprises two stages: Wernicke’s encephalopathy: Acute confusion, lack of ...

Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) presents as reduced consciousness, often with seizures, abnormal tone, feeding and respiratory difficulties. The most common cause is secondary to a hypoxic-ischaemic ...

Introduction: Wernicke encephalopathy is a metabolic disease mainly associated with vitamin B1 deficiency, which is common in chronic alcoholism. Non-alcoholic Wernicke encephalopathy is difficult for ...

A 54-year-old woman was referred to our Korsakoff Center because of extensive cognitive problems following acute Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE ... most notable unlike classical Korsakoff’s syndrome.