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CONFUSIONAL STATES IN RELATION TO VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES IN THE ELDERLY
Author(s) -
Mitra M. L.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb01213.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ascorbic acid , thiamine , vitamin , vitamin b6 , buffy coat , vitamin c , physiology , surgery , food science , chemistry
A bstract The author uses case abstracts to illustrate deficiencies of thiamine/vitamin‐B complex and vitamin C associated with confusional states in the elderly. The biochemical indicators were chiefly the pyruvate metabolism test and the level of ascorbic acid in the leukocyte layer (“buffy coat”) of the blood. The confusional states usually disappeared or improved with appropriate vitamin therapy.