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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... nystagmus) • Cerebellar ... upper limb) • Nutritional ... risk factor for nutritional ... worsen Wernicke Encephalopathy
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
) • Advanced liver ... in chronic liver ... treat hepatic encephalopathy ... patients with liver ... management #hepatology #pathophysiology
Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
IBD • Chronic liver ... decr activity, nutrition ... #Osteoporosis #pathophysiology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... hepatocytes → Liver ... hypoglycemia, encephalopathy ... diagnosis #management #pathophysiology
Pathways Involved in Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease. The tricarboxylic acid (TCA)
urea cycle in the liver ... amino acids in the liver ... #Pathophysiology ... #Nephro #Nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... syndrome • Wernicke encephalopathy ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
• Wernicke's Encephalopathy ... GFR • Acute liver ... syndromes #beriberi #nutrition ... #pathophysiology
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Muscles, Kidneys, Liver ... Rhabdomyolysis - AKI - Liver ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... CNS dysfunction (encephalopathy ... tissue damage (AKI, Liver