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Alcoholic beverage consumption prior to the onset of Wernicke's encephalopathy
Author(s) -
PRICE JOHN,
HICKS MAUREEN,
DUNNE MICHAEL
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239100185171
Subject(s) - thiamine , wernicke encephalopathy , alcohol consumption , consumption (sociology) , wernicke's encephalopathy , medicine , encephalopathy , thiamine deficiency , alcohol , anesthesia , psychiatry , chemistry , biochemistry , social science , sociology
Alcoholic beverage consumption prior to the onset of Wernicke's encephalopathy is shown to be, primarily, full strength beer, although not always in large quantity, by 91% of 80 patients. Secondly, in order of frequency of consumption, was white wine sold in casks and consumed by 30% of patients. These findings have implications when decisions have to be made regarding which alcoholic beverages could be fortified with thiamine as a measure designed to prevent the development of the Wernicke‐Korsakoff syndrome. [Price J, Hicks M, Dunne M. Alcoholic beverage consumption prior to the onset of Wernicke's encephalopathy. Drug Alcohol Rev 1991; 10: 115‐119]