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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
- Acute Thiamine ... Clinical Diagnosis ... dysfunction and gait ... ataxia is only ... #Thiamine #B1 #
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 - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... dysfunction (e.g. gait ... ataxia - usually ... worsen Wernicke Encephalopathy ... neudrawlogy #Wernicke #Encephalopathy
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Triad

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

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency ... Framework and Clinical ... • Wernicke's Encephalopathy ... Ophthalmoplegia - Ataxia ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome Clinical ... presentation of Thiamine ... deficiency, consequent ... untreated Wernicke Encephalopathy ... factors of Wernicke Encephalopathy
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Water-Soluble Vitamins: • Thiamine ... (encephalopathy ... oculomotor dysfunction, gait ... ataxia), Korsakoff ... sensory neuropathy, ataxia
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency ... Haemolytic anaemia, ataxia ... Vitamins: • Thiamine ... #Vitamins #Deficiency
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
may cause severe clinical ... (thiamine) Late ... syndrome • Wernicke encephalopathy ... arrhythmias • Thiamine ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Wernicke's Encephalopathy 
CLINICAL TRIAD: only seen in 1/4 pts 
W.E. is often under diagnosed 
1. ENCEPHALOPATHY
CLINICAL TRIAD ... ENCEPHALOPATHY ( ... GAIT ATAXIA (23% ... Primarily: Stance & gait ... no upper limb ataxia