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HYPOTHERMIA AND COMA IN THE WERNICKE‐KORSAKOFF SYNDROME
Author(s) -
Kearsley J. H.,
Musso A. F.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb100713.x
Subject(s) - hypothermia , coma (optics) , thiamine , medicine , encephalopathy , wernicke encephalopathy , anesthesia , wernicke's encephalopathy , thiamine deficiency , intensive care medicine , physics , optics
The development of hypothermia and coma are rare complications of the Wernicke‐Korsakoff syndrome. This report describes three patients with Wernicke's encephalopathy in whom hypothermia was a presenting feature. The second patient described was also comatose. The frequency of occurrence and the significance of these signs are reviewed in detail, as is their potential reversibility with adequate doses of parenteral thiamine. More careful attention to the rectal temperature in