Dont Forget Your Vit.

[IMG SURVIVOR]

B vitamin names
"The Rhythm Nearly Proved Contagious":
· In increasing order: Thiamine (B1) Riboflavin (B2) Niacin (B3) Pyridoxine (B6) Cobalamin (B12)

[md90]

B vitamin names
"The Rhythm Nearly Proved Contagious":
· In increasing order: Thiamine (B1) Riboflavin (B2) Niacin (B3) Pyridoxine (B6) Cobalamin (B12)

question:
A 47-year-old woman who is semi-comatose comes into the clinic; order Dextrose 5%/Normal saline to be hung.. then all of a sudden, the patient develops confusion, nystagmus, eye weakness; your eyes are wide-open, and wondered what the crap did you just do????? :eek: :confused: What happened and why??... explain the mechanism please. :p

[IMG SURVIVOR]

You forgot to give B1 before glucose,

Now I get a little confuse with wernickel syndrome
wernickel kostokof syndrome



Mechanism I live that to you guys I dont want to be the only one having fun answering

[IMG SURVIVOR]

what area of the brain will this patient have damage?

[md90]

You forgot to give B1 before glucose,

Now I get a little confuse with wernickel syndrome
wernickel kostokof syndrome



Mechanism I live that to you guys I dont want to be the only one having fun answering

Wernicke syndrome--ataxia, nystagmus, and confusion whereas Korsakoff's is memory deficits...;

Mechanism--the little thiamine that this person had got used up when the glucose went to pyruvate to acetyl CoA... needed to give IV thiamine before the IV fluids...

[IMG SURVIVOR]

more bumping ahead

[dr_asim]

nice discussion ..

[jokerusmle]

nice thread, very useful

[pryncess]

B vitamin names
"The Rhythm Nearly Proved Contagious":
· In increasing order: Thiamine (B1) Riboflavin (B2) Niacin (B3) Pyridoxine (B6) Cobalamin (B12)

thanks for the mnemonic .its very useful