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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... - Acute B1 (Thiamine ... can worsen Wernicke ... (chronic B1 deficiency ... @neudrawlogy #Wernicke
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
Wernicke's Encephalopathy ... - Thiamine Deficiency ... Wernicke's encephalopathy ... (vitamin B1) deficiency ... thiamine #deficiency
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... (B1) Deficiency ... Clinical Diagnosis ... @gabifpucci #Wernicke ... #B1 #Deficiency
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Triad

Encephalopathy 
 • Disorientation 
 • Indifference 
 • Inattentiveness 
Ocular motor dysfunction
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... gaze palsies Ataxia ... • Gait • ... Stance #Wernicke ... #Deficiency
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... Haemolytic anaemia, ataxia ... Vitamins: • Thiamine ... B1 - Beri-beri, ... Wernicke-Korsakoff
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency ... Framework and Clinical ... hyperventilation Wernicke-Korsakoff ... Syndrome: • Wernicke's ... #wernickes #korsakoff
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Clinical Findings ... presentation of Thiamine ... deficiency, consequent ... to untreated Wernicke ... risk factors of Wernicke
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... may cause severe clinical ... (thiamine) Late ... • Wernicke encephalopathy ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Water-Soluble Vitamins: • Thiamine ... and vomiting, Wernicke's ... oculomotor dysfunction, gait ... syndrome (amnesia ... Bypass #vitamin #nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Pathogenesis and clinical ... - Little or no nutritional ... Metabolism -> Decr Thiamine ... - Wernicke-Korsakoff ... CNS: Tremors, Ataxia