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Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin deficiency ... • Vitamin D deficiency ... #Nutrition #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency ... Causes of Thiamine Deficiency ... rice/processed grains ... #beriberi #nutrition ... #pathophysiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... pressure and the diastolic ... • Severe iron deficiency ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #causes #cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure is a common comorbidity
Iron Deficiency ... (CHF) Iron deficiency ... 50% of patients, leading ... #pharmacology #pathophysiology ... #cardiology
Severe Mitral Stenosis- The physical examination revealed a right parasternal heave, a loud S1, a midpeaking
a low-pitched diastolic ... 0.5 cm2) (see video ... mean transmitral gradient ... see source for video ... clinical #doppler #radiology
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
is identified (video ... another case of diastolic ... point thiamine deficiency ... causes thiamine deficiency ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology
The Inhibited Pathway caused by N2O, leading to a decrease in the active form of Vitamin
caused by N2O, leading ... N2O can cause a syndrome ... with vitamin B12 deficiency ... #Pathophysiology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... work properly, leading ... Platelet Disorders • Nutritional ... or folic acid deficiency ... treatments • Copper deficiency
Etiologies of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
 • Inadequate intake - Rare but seen in very strict vegans
of Vitamin B12 Deficiency ... pump blockers is leading ... insufficiency, blind loops syndromes ... malabsorption syndromes ... diagnosis #hematology #nutrition