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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Encephalopathy - Acute B1 ... (Thiamine) Deficiency ... (chronic B1 deficiency ... Encephalopathy #B1 ... #Thiamine #Deficiency
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine ... (B1) Deficiency ... dysfunction and gait ... #B1 #Deficiency ... diagnosis #criteria #neurology
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
- Thiamine Deficiency ... (vitamin B1) deficiency ... ataxia (broad-based gait ... #vitaminB1 #B1 # ... thiamine #deficiency
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency ... Vitamins: • Thiamine ... B1 - Beri-beri, ... Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ... #differential #
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis: Differential ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #nephrology
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI Losses - Gastric
 • Vomiting
 • NG suction
GI
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis - Differential ... Diuretics (loop/thiazide ... Licorice • Liddle's Syndrome ... • Enzyme deficiency
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
deficiencies (thiamine ... of re-feeding syndrome ... Glucosuria causes ... Disorders #ketones #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
Administration of inulin, B2 ... Loop diuretics, Thiazide ... diuretics, Mg2+ deficiency ... urine #potassium #differential ... algorithm #diagnosis #nephrology
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Water-Soluble Vitamins: • Thiamine ... oculomotor dysfunction, gait ... ataxia), Korsakoff syndrome ... anemia • Vitamin B12 ... nutrition #table #differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... deficiency are ... - Compartment syndrome ... Nonhypoxic • Type B1 ... deficiency -