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Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
gait ataxia), Korsakoff ... confabulation), dry berberi ... polyneuropathy), wet beriberi
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
hyperventilation Wernicke-Korsakoff ... consistent with WKS • Korsakoff ... Diagnosis #syndromes #beriberi ... pathophysiology #wernickes #korsakoff
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff ... encephalopathy is Korsakoff's ... Encephalopathy #Korsakoff
Thiamine Deficiency / Beriberi

#beriberi #Thiamine
Thiamine Deficiency / Beriberi ... #beriberi #Thiamine
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome ... -> Therefore, Korsakoff ... @neudrawlogy #Korsakoff
String Test in Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS)

A positive string test in a confabulating patient with Wernicke's-Korsakoff syndrome.
These
Test in Wernicke-Korsakoff ... with Wernicke's-Korsakoff ... Test #Wernicke #Korsakoff
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Thyrotoxicosis - Wet Beriberi
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Beri-beri, Wernicke-Korsakoff
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Diseases: Korsakoff
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
AV Shunts Wet Beriberi