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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):
(B1) Deficiency ... Altered mental status ... 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 ... States Fat-soluble ... Vitamins: • Thiamine ... B1 - Beri-beri, ... Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
several disease states ... deficiencies (thiamine ... of re-feeding syndrome ... Glucosuria causes ... differential #diagnosis #management
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... chloridorrhea) • Status ... major sweating • Thiazide ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #nephrology
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
) Deficiency Etiology ... • Common Causes ... malabsorptive state ... parasthesias, gait ... #diagnosis #management
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
soles in 50% of cases ... dorsalis, gait ... similar to those of B12 ... deficiency. ... #Stages #Syphilis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
presentations and disease states ... deficiency are ... - Compartment syndrome ... Nonhypoxic • Type B1 ... deficiency -
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... HIV) - Vitamin B12 ... , Copper deficiency ... Etiology: - Tabes ... differential #diagnosis #neurology