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Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
Wernicke's Encephalopathy ... - Thiamine Deficiency ... Wernicke's encephalopathy ... (vitamin B1) deficiency ... thiamine #deficiency
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... - Acute B1 (Thiamine ... (chronic B1 deficiency ... #B1 #Thiamine # ... #Management #neurology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... (B1) Deficiency ... dysfunction and gait ... #Thiamine #B1 # ... #criteria #neurology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Triad

Encephalopathy 
 • Disorientation 
 • Indifference 
 • Inattentiveness 
Ocular motor dysfunction
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... Ataxia • Gait ... #Syndrome #Triad ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #Thiamine #Deficiency
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
presentation of Thiamine ... deficiency, consequent ... Encephalopathy ... Encephalopathy ... #neurology #diagnosis
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency ... Manifestations Causes ... of Thiamine Deficiency ... Syndrome: • Wernicke's ... Encephalopathy
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin deficiency ... (thiamine) Late ... • Wernicke encephalopathy ... • Vitamin D deficiency ... arrhythmias • Thiamine
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Water-Soluble Vitamins: • Thiamine ... , Wernicke's encephalopathy ... oculomotor dysfunction, gait ... ataxia), Korsakoff syndrome ... anemia • Vitamin B12
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
soles in 50% of cases ... and nephrotic syndrome ... tabes dorsalis, gait ... similar to those of B12 ... deficiency.