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Tag Thiamine
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Thiamine Deficiency

OVERVIEW Thiamine Deficiency = Beri-Beri (wet or dry) lack of thiamine pyrophosphate or Vitamin B1 can progress slowly or quickly and be fatal water-soluble vitamin limited storage in body (30mg) stores of thiamine last around 1 month ACTIONS acts as…

an obscure acidosis…

The Case. 64 year old male attends your ED with a complaint for 3 months of progressive weakness, however over the past 7 days he has had multiples falls secondary to his ‘legs just completely giving way’.  You note on…