Beriberi after gastric bypass surgery in adolescence

Alexander Towbin; Thomas H. Inge; Victor F. Garcia; Helmut R. Roehrig; Ronald H. Clements; Carroll M. Harmon; Stephen R. Daniels

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.04.051

Beriberi after gastric bypass surgery in adolescence

Alexander Towbin
, Thomas H. Inge
, Victor F. Garcia
, Helmut R. Roehrig
, Ronald H. Clements
, Carroll M. Harmon
, Stephen R. Daniels

Surgery

University of Pittsburgh

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Abstract

We report three cases of dry beriberi in adolescents who underwent gastric bypass surgery for clinically severe obesity. The key to successful treatment of this problem lies in prompt recognition and thiamine supplementation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	263-267
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	145
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.04.051
State	Published - Aug 2004

Keywords

BMI
Body mass index
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
RYGBP

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