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

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
- Thiamine Deficiency ... thiamine (vitamin B1 ... of confusion, ataxia ... (broad-based gait ... #vitaminB1 #B1 #
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Encephalopathy - Acute B1 ... dysfunction (e.g. gait ... ataxia - usually ... development of Korsakoff syndrome ... (chronic B1 deficiency
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Refeeding Syndrome ... may cause severe clinical ... • Vitamin D deficiency ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Refeeding Syndrome ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... Syndrome: - Little ... CNS: Tremors, Ataxia ... #pathophysiology
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... Haemolytic anaemia, ataxia ... • Thiamine B1 ... Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ... #differential #
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential ... Framework and Clinical ... Hyperthyroidism - Refeeding ... Ophthalmoplegia - Ataxia ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
Weight Gain / Obesity  - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Expenditure:
 • Sedentary Lifestyle
 • Smoking Cessation
Weight Gain / Obesity ... - Differential ... • Cushing's Syndrome ... Hypogonadism • GH Deficiency ... Hormones • Tube Feeding
The Inhibited Pathway caused by N2O, leading to a decrease in the active form of Vitamin
effects including ataxia ... N2O can cause a syndrome ... with vitamin B12 deficiency ... The classic clinical ... #Pathophysiology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... Vitamin B12, Copper deficiency ... Brown-Séquard Syndrome ... - Friedreich ataxia ... #lesions #differential