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Deficiência de tiamina como causa de cor pulmonale reversível

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2008
A deficiência de tiamina pode apresentar quatro formas clássicas de apresentação clínica: polineuropatia periférica, anorexia e fraqueza muscular (beribéri seco); insuficiência cardíaca de alto débito com sinais congestivos (beribéri úmido); beribéri ...
Liana S. Coelho, João C. Hueb, Marcos F. Minicucci, Paula S. Azevedo, Sergio A. R. Paiva, Leonardo A. M. Zornoff   +5 more
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Vitamin B1 Deficiency and Perimyocarditis Fulminans: A Case Study of Shoshin Syndrome in a Woman Following an Unbalanced Dietary Pattern Followed by a Literature Review

Life, 2023
(1) Background: vitamin B1 level depletion, known as a beriberi syndrome, can lead to severe cardiovascular complications, from which perimyocarditis fulminans is one of the most severe.
Justyna Rohun, Karolina Dorniak, Krzysztof Młodziński, Witold Bachorski, Marcin Gruchała, Grzegorz Raczak, Ludmiła Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz   +6 more
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Thiamine Deficiency as a Cause for Acute Circulatory Failure: An Overlooked Association in Western CountriesNovel Teaching Points

CJC Open, 2020
A 42 year-old patient presented with circulatory failure and lactic acidosis. Clinical features, later coupled with biological tests, led to the diagnosis of wet beriberi syndrome and scurvy.
Ahmad Hayek, MD, Mourad Djabou, Nathan Mewton, MD, PhD, Eric Bonnefoy-Cudraz, MD, PhD, Thomas Bochaton, MD, PhD   +4 more
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Clinical History and Colliquative Myocytolysis Are Keys to the Diagnosis of Shoshin Beriberi

Case Reports in Pathology, 2014
Cardiovascular beriberi presents as either the fulminant (Shoshin beriberi) or chronic form. Shoshin beriberi is a rare disease that may lead to a fatal outcome if the patient does not receive appropriate treatment. In the present report, we describe the
Toshiki Kuno, Hiroshi Nakamura, Yutaka Endo, Kohei Saito, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Motoda, Yohei Numasawa, Kazuhiko Shimizu, Toshiyuki Takahashi   +8 more
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Erythrocyte transketolase activity, markers of cardiac dysfunction and the diagnosis of infantile beriberi.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011
BackgroundInfantile beriberi is a potentially lethal manifestation of thiamin deficiency, associated with traditional post-partum maternal food avoidance, which persists in the Lao PDR (Laos).
Douangdao Soukaloun, Sue J Lee, Karen Chamberlain, Ann M Taylor, Mayfong Mayxay, Kongkham Sisouk, Bandit Soumphonphakdy, Khaysy Latsavong, Kongsin Akkhavong, Douangkham Phommachanh, Vanmaly Sengmeuang, Khonsavanh Luangxay, Theresa McDonagh, Nicholas J White, Paul N Newton   +14 more
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Plant synthetic biology-based biofortification, strategies and recent progresses. [PDF]

J Integr Plant Biol
This mini‐review highlights fi ve synthetic biology strategies to boost crop nutrition and alleviate the ‘hidden hunger’ resulting from vitamin and nutrient defi ciencies. These approaches offer precise, sustainable ways to engineer nutrient‐rich plants, providing innovative solutions to global malnutrition through biofortifi cation.
Wang K, Liu Z.
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Facts About Thiamin

EDIS, 2012
A lack of thiamin causes the disease beriberi. People with beriberi have difficulty standing, walking, and controlling their muscles. It’s very easy to get enough thiamin in the diet because it’s added to many processed grains.
R. Elaine Turner, Wendy J. Dahl
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Shoshin Beriberi Induced by Long-Term Administration of Diuretics: A Case Report

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2014
Previous studies have suggested that diuretic therapy for heart failure may lead to thiamine deficiency due to the increased urinary thiamine excretion.
Naoki Misumida, Hisashi Umeda, Mitsunori Iwase   +2 more
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Gastrointestinal Beriberi Mimicking a Surgical Emergency in a Well-Nourished Patient: A Case Report

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2019
Beriberi is a well-documented disease caused by thiamine deficiency. The diagnosis of gastrointestinal beriberi in the clinical setting is uncommon, especially in nonalcoholic patients.
T.N. Diem Vu, MD, Michelle S. Junker, MD, Alexander Kurjatko, MD, Robert C. Albright, Jr., DO, Stephanie F. Heller, MD, Mariela Rivera, MD   +5 more
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Perfil epidemiológico do beribéri notificado de 2006 a 2008 no Estado do Maranhão, Brasil Epidemiological profile of reported beriberi cases in Maranhão State, Brazil, 2006-2008

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2011
O objetivo do estudo foi descrever o perfil epidemiológico dos casos e óbitos de beribéri notificados de 2006-2008 no Estado do Maranhão, Brasil. Informações foram obtidas de fichas de notificação da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Maranhão e utilizou ...
Estela Maura Padilha, Elizabeth Fujimori, Ana Luiza Vilela Borges, Ana Paula Sayuri Sato, Murilo Novaes Gomes, Maria dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho Branco, Henrique Jorge dos Santos, Nulvio Lermen Junior   +7 more
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