{"pk":362,"title":"Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a Patient Without Chronic Alcohol Abuse","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is traditionally seen in the emergency department in patients with chronicalcohol abuse. WE can result in significant morbidity and mortality if untreated, making early diagnosis andintervention paramount. We discuss a case of WE in a 63-year-old female with no history of chronic alcoholabuse, who presented with bilateral opthalmoplegia that resolved after intravenous thiamine administration.This case report highlights the varied clinical settings other than chronic alcohol abuse in which thediagnosis of WE should be considered.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7rp820gn","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Darshan","middle_name":"","last_name":"Thota","name_suffix":"","institution":"Naval Medical Center San Diego","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Sherri","middle_name":"","last_name":"Rudinsky","name_suffix":"","institution":"Naval Medical Center San Diego","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2017-03-14T12:54:20-07:00","date_accepted":"2017-03-14T12:54:20-07:00","date_published":"2017-03-14T00:00:00-07:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/362/galley/128/download/"}]}