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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
- Acute Thiamine ... B1) Deficiency Clinical ... impairment - Oculomotor ... , oculomotor dysfunction ... #Thiamine #B1 #
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... Diagnosis and Management ... impairment • Oculomotor ... worsen Wernicke Encephalopathy ... Deficiency #Diagnosis #Management
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
Wernicke's Encephalopathy ... Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine ... to longstanding thiamine ... broad-based gait), and oculomotor ... vitaminB1 #B1 #thiamine
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome Clinical ... presentation of Thiamine ... untreated Wernicke Encephalopathy ... factors of Wernicke Encephalopathy
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Water-Soluble Vitamins: • Thiamine ... vomiting, Wernicke's encephalopathy ... (encephalopathy ... , oculomotor dysfunction
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension Management ... Monotherapy: • Thiazide ... /thiazide-like ... • Hypertensive Encephalopathy ... #Hypertension #Management
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency ... Framework and Clinical ... • Increased thiamine ... Sources of Thiamine ... • Wernicke's Encephalopathy
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
If Wernicke's encephalopathy ... possible, empiric thiamine ... treatment for hepatic encephalopathy ... Delirium #Checklist #Management
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
may cause severe clinical ... Vitamin deficiency (thiamine ... syndrome • Wernicke encephalopathy ... arrhythmias • Thiamine
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Optica (NMO) - Clinical ... syndromes (e.g. oculomotor ... facial numbness), Encephalopathy