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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine ... (B1) Deficiency ... dysfunction and gait ... ataxia is only ... Encephalopathy #Thiamine
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine ... dysfunction (e.g. gait ... ataxia - usually ... - Intravenous thiamine ... glucose without thiamine
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine ... Deficiency Wernicke's ... to longstanding thiamine ... of confusion, ataxia ... (broad-based gait
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Triad

Encephalopathy 
 • Disorientation 
 • Indifference 
 • Inattentiveness 
Ocular motor dysfunction
gaze palsies Ataxia ... • Gait • ... Diagnosis #Neurology #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: • Thiamine ... #Vitamins #Deficiency
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency ... Deficiency: • ... production • Deficiency ... Ophthalmoplegia - Ataxia ... #Deficiency #Manifestations
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
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
• Vitamin D Deficiency ... Acetazolamide and Thiazide ... Intake - Dietary deficiency ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Causes of Gait Disturbance - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Sporadic
 • Vascular
 • Infection
 • Toxic
 • Nutrition
Causes of Gait Disturbance ... • Friedrich's Ataxia ... Childhood Catalytic Deficiency ... Childhood Catalytic Deficiency ... Niemann-Pick Disease #Gait
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
deficiencies (thiamine ... containing IVF & thiamine ... complete insulin deficiency ... partial insulin deficiency ... diagnosis #management #endocrinology