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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
Thiamine (B1) Deficiency ... dysfunction - Dietary deficiency ... dysfunction and gait ataxia ... #Thiamine #B1 #Deficiency
Causes of Gait Disturbance - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Sporadic
 • Vascular
 • Infection
 • Toxic
 • Nutrition
Degenerative Sensory Ataxia ... Spinocerebellar Ataxia ... • Friedrich's Ataxia ... Childhood Catalytic Deficiency ... Childhood Catalytic Deficiency
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency ... dysfunction (e.g. gait ataxia ... • Nutritional deficiency ... for nutritional deficiency ... #B1 #Thiamine #Deficiency
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency ... thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency ... of confusion, ataxia ... #B1 #thiamine #deficiency
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency ... Haemolytic anaemia, ataxia ... #Vitamins #Deficiency
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Triad

Encephalopathy 
 • Disorientation 
 • Indifference 
 • Inattentiveness 
Ocular motor dysfunction
gaze palsies Ataxia ... Neurology #Thiamine #Deficiency
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
spinocerebellar ataxia ... , Vitamin E deficiency
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Signs of Copper Deficiency ... Optic neuropathy, Ataxia ... drkeithsiau #Copper #Deficiency
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
leukodystrophy w/ deficiency ... failure, cerebellar ataxia
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency ... Causes of Thiamine Deficiency ... production • Deficiency ... Ophthalmoplegia - Ataxia ... #Thiamine #Deficiency