TY - JOUR
T1 - Case 20-2008
T2 - A 57-year-old woman with abdominal pain and weakness after gastric bypass surgery
AU - Bonkovsky, Herbert L.
AU - Siao, Peter
AU - Roig, Zulmarie
AU - Hedley-Whyte, E. Tessa
AU - Flotte, Thomas J.
PY - 2008/6/26
Y1 - 2008/6/26
N2 - A 57-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal pain and weakness, 1 month after gastric bypass surgery. In the month after the operation, episodes of tachycardia, bradycardia, diarrhea, dark urine, and abdominal pain occurred, with urine cultures that were positive for bacteria. After admission, weakness and numbness in the legs and arms developed and progressed to flaccid quadriparesis. A diagnostic test was performed.
AB - A 57-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal pain and weakness, 1 month after gastric bypass surgery. In the month after the operation, episodes of tachycardia, bradycardia, diarrhea, dark urine, and abdominal pain occurred, with urine cultures that were positive for bacteria. After admission, weakness and numbness in the legs and arms developed and progressed to flaccid quadriparesis. A diagnostic test was performed.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJMcpc0803190
DO - 10.1056/NEJMcpc0803190
M3 - Article
C2 - 18579817
AN - SCOPUS:45949097846
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 358
SP - 2813
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 26
ER -