Wernicke's

So, I had my first case of 100%, undoubtedly wernicke's encephalopathy this week. Damndest thing. Don't want to be too detailed and identifying but the pt had risk factors and was on PO thiamine. But they were also had been altered for more than a week. It was clearly a medical delirium, not a psychiatric illness. Didn't resemble the textbook for wernicke's encephalopathy much other than being altered. Prominent visual hallucinations. Various medical things going on, but nothing that could... Read more
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