Thiamine Deficiency as a Cause for Acute Circulatory Failure: An Overlooked Association in Western CountriesNovel Teaching Points
A 42 year-old patient presented with circulatory failure and lactic acidosis. Clinical features, later coupled with biological tests, led to the diagnosis of wet beriberi syndrome and scurvy. Echocardiography showed a pattern of thiamine deficiency with high cardiac output and low vascular resistanc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-11-01
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Series: | CJC Open |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X20301062 |