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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Diagnosis and Management ... Changes in mental status ... upper limb) • Nutritional ... treatment can improve symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
x (Hct / 45) / Maturation ... Factor The maturation ... long (in days) it takes ... loss), Vitamin B12 ... Chronic kidney disease
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
• Common Causes ... to IBD, celiac disease ... malabsorptive state ... #diagnosis #management ... #nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... due to chronic disease ... Post-operative state ... overload) Other Symptoms ... • Vitamin D deficiency
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
restricted diet/deficiency ... symptoms even if ... fatigue despite disease ... /other causes • ... Algorithm #diagnosis #management
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency ... Diagnosis and Management ... Psychiatric symptoms ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... , or any other cause
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
mellitus, thyroid disease ... a stroke that caused ... , lasts 4 - 12 months ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #symptoms ... #staging #msk
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Deficiency: - ... Vitamin B12, E, ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
The Stages of Syphilis ... exposure to or symptoms ... similar to those of B12 ... deficiency. ... of Infectious Diseases
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
and petechiae Causes ... anemia, GATA2 deficiency ... , CTLA4 deficiency ... • Improve the symptoms ... #diagnosis #management