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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
(B1) Deficiency ... dysfunction and gait ... ataxia is only ... #B1 #Deficiency ... diagnosis #criteria #neurology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Encephalopathy - Acute B1 ... dysfunction (e.g. gait ... ataxia - usually ... Encephalopathy #B1 ... Diagnosis #Management #neurology
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
(vitamin B1) deficiency ... of confusion, ataxia ... (broad-based gait ... #vitaminB1 #B1 # ... diagnosis #comparison #neurology
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Haemolytic anaemia, ataxia ... Vitamins: • Thiamine ... B1 - Beri-beri, ... Vitamins #Deficiency #differential
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Triad

Encephalopathy 
 • Disorientation 
 • Indifference 
 • Inattentiveness 
Ocular motor dysfunction
gaze palsies Ataxia ... • Gait • ... Triad #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #Thiamine #Deficiency
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... status, and focal neurologic ... , gait ataxia, and ... #Infections #differential ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Movement Disorders • CN ... Nerve Palsy • CN ... Nerve palsy • CN ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Water-Soluble Vitamins: • Thiamine ... oculomotor dysfunction, gait ... ataxia), Korsakoff ... sensory neuropathy, ataxia ... nutrition #table #differential
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Young females Differential ... Diagnosis: • CN ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #ophthalmology
Tandem Gait Ataxia in Atypical Parkinsonism

How to differentiate Parkinson’s disease from atypical Parkinsonism in a jiffy?
Tandem Gait Ataxia ... Parkinsonism How to differentiate ... bobvarkey #Tandem #Gait ... #Ataxia #Atypical ... #physicalexam #neurology