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Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
- Thiamine Deficiency ... (vitamin B1) deficiency ... #vitaminB1 #B1 # ... thiamine #deficiency ... diagnosis #comparison #neurology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
- Acute B1 (Thiamine ... development of Korsakoff syndrome ... (chronic B1 deficiency ... #B1 #Thiamine # ... #Management #neurology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... - Acute Thiamine ... (B1) Deficiency ... #Thiamine #B1 # ... #criteria #neurology
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
presentation of Thiamine ... deficiency, consequent ... untreated Wernicke Encephalopathy ... factors of Wernicke Encephalopathy ... #neurology #diagnosis
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Electrolyte/fluid shifts ... • These shifts ... (thiamine) Late ... • Wernicke encephalopathy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency ... Deficiency: • ... - Refeeding syndrome ... • Wernicke's Encephalopathy ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Triad

Encephalopathy 
 • Disorientation 
 • Indifference 
 • Inattentiveness 
Ocular motor dysfunction
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... - Triad Encephalopathy ... #Syndrome #Triad ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #Thiamine #Deficiency
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
creatinine) • Cell shift ... 11beta-hydroxylase deficiency ... Loop diuretics, Thiazide ... diuretics, Mg2+ deficiency ... algorithm #diagnosis #nephrology