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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
- Diagnosis and ... Management Diagnosis ... dysfunction (e.g. gait ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #neurology #nutrition
Causes of Polyneuropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Metabolic: DM, Hypothyroidism, CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional deficiency
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- Differential ... CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional ... deficiency • Toxic ... Heavy metals, Vitamin ... #causes #neurology
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
• Thiamine - Nausea ... oculomotor dysfunction, gait ... #nutrition #table ... #differential # ... diagnosis #bariatric
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Diet: ↓ Intake, e.g. vegan, Malnutrition, Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #anemia ... #nutrition
Causes of Purpura - Differential Diagnosis
Disruption in Vascular Integrity: 
 • Trauma, Infection, Vasculitis, Drug induced
Causes of Purpura ... - Differential ... vascular disorders, Nutritional ... deficiencies (Vitamin ... Clotting factor deficiency
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Muscle Weakness • Vitamin ... D Deficiency ... Disease • Poor Nutrition ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
C Deficiency) - ... Diagnosis and Management ... C deficiency can ... , or any other cause ... #Diagnosis #Management
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... deficiency (thiamine ... D deficiency ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... DiagnosisNeurologic ... , Hypercarbia, Vitamin ... deficiency, Thyroid ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Gait Disturbance - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Sporadic
 • Vascular
 • Infection
 • Toxic
 • Nutrition
Causes of Gait Disturbance ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Toxic • Nutrition ... #Causes