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Article: Thiamin deficiency led to severe lactic acidosis in total parenteral nutrition.
- Article from:
- Gastroenterology Week
- Article date:
- April 19, 2004
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2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thiamin deficiency led to severe lactic acidosis in a patient given total parenteral nutrition following surgery.
A case of "total parenteral nutrition-associated lactic acidosis that did not respond to sodium bicarbonate or other conventional emergency treatments" was "characterized by minimal food intake before surgery, delayed gastric emptying after pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy due to pancreas head cancer and long-term total parenteral nutrition without food intake and vitamin supplements after surgery. After thiamine administration, the patient very quickly recovered with dramatic reestablishment of the ...