Pancreatic encephalopathy and Wernicke's encephalopathy in association with acute pancreatitis: 10 cases report / 解放军医学杂志
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
;
(12)2001.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-555284
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics and the treatment of pancreatic encephalopathy (PE) and Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE). Method A retrospective study was conducted on 596 cases of acute pancreatitis. Results There were 93 cases of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP),among them encephalopathy was discovered in 10 patients (1.7%). All 6 patients of PE developed in SAP (6.5%);3 patients died (3% of SAP,50% of PE). Four cases of WE developed in AP (0.7%);2 patients died (0.3% of AP,50% of WE). Two patients of WE were treated with parenteral thiamine (vitamin B_ 1 ),and they survived. Conclusions PE occurred in early stage of SAP or recrudescence,while WE usually occurred in convalescent stage of SAP/AP. Long fasting,repeated vomiting,and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) without VitB_ 1 were main causes of VitB_ 1 deficiency,which might be the main causative factor in WE.
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Type of study:
Observational study
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Chinese
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Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
Year:
2001
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