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Workup for Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiency

#Workup #VitaminB12 #Folate #Deficiency #FolicAcid #Diagnosis #Macrocytosis #MacrocyticAnemia #Algorithm
Workup for Vitamin ... B12 and Folate ... Deficiency #Workup ... #VitaminB12 #Folate ... Deficiency #FolicAcid #Diagnosis
Methylmalonic Acid and Homocysteine Levels in Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiency
 • B12 Deficiency: MMA elevated,
Homocysteine Levels in Vitamin ... B12 and Folate ... Deficiency • B12 ... folate #deficiency #VitaminB12 ... #diagnosis #hematology
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
reticulocyte count, and a vitamin ... Measures of vitamin ... , because if vitamin ... #Diagnosis #Macrocytosis ... Macrocytic #Anemia #VitaminB12
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Magnesium, High Magnesium - Functional Hypoparathyroidism
 • High
Hypocalcemia Workup ... Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Vitamin ... D resistance, Vitamin ... Low Phosphate - Vitamin ... #nephrology #calcium
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
longstanding thiamine (vitamin ... B1) deficiency, ... #vitaminB1 #B1 # ... Korsakoff #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #comparison #neurology
Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Causes of Low Vitamin ... B12 Levels Low ... vitamin B12 intake ... antagonists #VitaminB12 ... #differential #diagnosis
Anemia - Underproduction Diagnostic Algorithm
 - Iron deficiency anemia
 - Anemia of chronic inflammation
 - Anemia
Underproduction Diagnostic ... kidney disease - Vitamin ... B12 and/or folate ... Algorithm #hematology #diagnosis ... #differential #workup
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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- Differential Diagnosis ... GPA • Other: Vitamin ... B12, Spinocerebellar ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Diagnosing Vitamin B12 and/or Folate Deficiency

It turns out that simply measuring serum levels of B12 or
Diagnosing Vitamin ... B12 and/or Folate ... inadequate to diagnosis ... #VitaminB12 #Folate ... #Deficiency #Diagnosis
VITAMINS Mnemonic for Acute / Subacute Peripheral Polyneuropathy

Vascular
Inflammatory: Amyloidosis, vasculitis (often more subacute/chronic)
Toxins: Nitrous oxide, chemo,
VITAMINS Mnemonic ... Metabolic: TSH, DM, B12 ... Neoplastic #VITAMINS ... Subacute #Acute #Neurology ... #Diagnosis #Differential