Dry Beriberi Post Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery.
Dry Beriberi Post Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery.
- 2023
Bariatric surgery is an effective strategy for achieving substantial weight loss, prolonging survival, and improving the comorbidities associated with obesity. Nutritional deficiency is a commonly recognized post-procedural complication. Here, we present a case of a patient with paresthesia, lower extremity weakness, and altered mental status one year following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, who was found to have multiple vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies and was diagnosed with beriberi in the setting of profound thiamine deficiency. Copyright © 2023 Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
English
2000-9666
10.55729/2000-9666.1210 [doi] jchim-13-04-058 [pii] PMC10589022 [pmc]
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Hospitalist J
Internal Medicine Residency
Case Reports
Bariatric surgery is an effective strategy for achieving substantial weight loss, prolonging survival, and improving the comorbidities associated with obesity. Nutritional deficiency is a commonly recognized post-procedural complication. Here, we present a case of a patient with paresthesia, lower extremity weakness, and altered mental status one year following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, who was found to have multiple vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies and was diagnosed with beriberi in the setting of profound thiamine deficiency. Copyright © 2023 Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
English
2000-9666
10.55729/2000-9666.1210 [doi] jchim-13-04-058 [pii] PMC10589022 [pmc]
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Hospitalist J
Internal Medicine Residency
Case Reports