Chest
Volume 128, Issue 4, Supplement, October 2005, Page 453S
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WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY IN A PATIENT AFTER GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY

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INTRODUCTION: Obesity is a major public health crisis. There were approximately 414,000 deaths attributed to obesity in 2000.1 Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity has become more common as a result of the increasing prevalence of obesity. There are many complications that can occur related to bariatric surgery; however, malnutrition and essential vitamin deficiencies are not commonly recognized. We present a case of Wernicke's encephalopathy most likely secondary to thiamine deficiency in a

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