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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
- Diagnosis and ... Management Diagnosis ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... Encephalopathy • A prompt treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Signs of Copper Deficiency ... dental fixatives, Treatment ... of copper-rich foods ... drkeithsiau #Copper #Deficiency ... #diagnosis #signs
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 ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology
Alzheimer's Disease - Summary
 • Epidemiology
 • Pathophysiology
 • Risk Factors
 • Presentation
 • Diagnosis
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Epidemiology • Pathophysiology ... Presentation • Diagnosis ... • Treatment ... • Clinical Course ... #management #geriatrics
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
) - Diagnosis and ... Management Vitamin ... Clinical Presentation ... vasculitis Treatment ... #Nutrition #Diagnosis
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Iron Deficiency ... Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... and iron release Diagnosis ... functional ID) Treatment ... #management #cardiology
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathophysiology: Autoantibody-mediated damage to epithelial basement membrane -> separation of
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis ... Summary Pathophysiology ... epidermis from dermis Clinical ... axillary and inguinal folds ... Bullous #Pemphigoid #Diagnosis
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Present in foods ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... #diagnosis #management ... #nutrition
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Clinical ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... syndromes #beriberi #nutrition ... #pathophysiology
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... for alternate diagnoses ... 1 antitrypsin deficiency ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment