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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
(Thiamine) Deficiency ... Management Diagnosis ... (chronic B1 deficiency ... #Thiamine #Deficiency ... #Diagnosis #Management
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 ... thiamine #deficiency ... #neurology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
(B1) Deficiency ... Clinical Diagnosis ... dysfunction and gait ... #B1 #Deficiency ... #neurology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Triad

Encephalopathy 
 • Disorientation 
 • Indifference 
 • Inattentiveness 
Ocular motor dysfunction
Ataxia • Gait ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome ... #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Thiamine ... #Deficiency
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... : Differential Diagnosis ... major sweating • Thiazide ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #nephrology
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 ... #differential #diagnosis ... #management #endocrinology
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI Losses - Gastric
 • Vomiting
 • NG suction
GI
Causes of Metabolic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Diuretics (loop/thiazide ... Licorice • Liddle's Syndrome ... • Enzyme deficiency
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 ... 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 ... #differential #diagnosis
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
) Deficiency Etiology ... • Common Causes ... parasthesias, gait ... #Cobalamin #Deficiency ... #diagnosis #management