Micronutrient Deficiency and Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in the Setting of Over the Counter Transcutaneous Multivitamin Patch Use Following Bariatric Surgery
Adequate nutritional counseling and supplementation before and after bariatric surgery is required to prevent complications. Transcutaneous patch as a mode of multivitamin supplementation is questionable in its current state and should be avoided.
Authors
- Andrew J Spiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-8334)
- Mohamed K M Shakir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5614-6402)
- Thanh D. Hoang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7437-5604)
- Hisham Mohammed Babu
Institutions
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AACE Clinical Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-10-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aace.2024.10.001
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.74