Thiamine deficiency disorders: a clinical perspective
Abstract Thiamine is an essential water‐soluble vitamin that plays an important role in energy metabolism. Thiamine deficiency presents many challenges to clinicians, in part due to the broad clinical spectrum, referred to as thiamine deficiency disorders (TDDs), affecting the metabolic, neurologic, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and ...
Taryn J. Smith +6 more
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Neurological, Psychiatric, and Biochemical Aspects of Thiamine Deficiency in Children and Adults. [PDF]
Thiamine (vitamin B1) is an essential nutrient that serves as a cofactor for a number of enzymes, mostly with mitochondrial localization. Some thiamine-dependent enzymes are involved in energy metabolism and biosynthesis of nucleic acids whereas others ...
Adams +154 more
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Thiamine deficiency unrelated to alcohol consumption in high‐income countries: a literature review
Abstract Thiamine deficiency has been typically associated with alcoholism or as a prevalent problem in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) whose populations rely on staple foods with a low content of thiamine. We conducted a literature review of published and unpublished data to identify relevant adult cases with confirmed thiamine deficiency of ...
Filomena Gomes +3 more
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Micronutrient deficiencies after pancreatico-duodenectomy: A narrative review of the literature and recommendations for clinical practice. [PDF]
Abstract Micronutrient uptake is impaired after pancreatico‐duodenectomy (PD) because of malabsorption, reduced absorptive capacity, and poor oral intake. Biochemical depletion is reported in cohort studies, but deficiency states are predominantly reported in case reports, making it difficult to assess occurrence rates.
Phillips ME +3 more
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Research History and Current Concept of the Autonomic Nervous System [PDF]
The term jiritsu shinkei-kei (autonomic or vegetative nervous system) has become well known in Japan due to the popularization of a concept particular to Japan of a disease called jiritsu-shinkei shiccho-sho (vegetative disorder).
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Two cases of infantile beriberi causing cardiorespiratory arrest in New Zealand
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 565-566, March 2023.
Oliver Coleman +6 more
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A fresh look at thiamine deficiency-new analyses by the global thiamine alliance. [PDF]
Severe thiamine (vitamin B1 ) deficiency is generally regarded as a problem affecting mostly infants in low-income communities of Southeast Asia and adult alcoholics regardless of their location.
Bergeron, Gilles +2 more
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Exposures and health effects at sea: report on the NIVA course: Maritime Occupational Medicine, Exposures and health Effects at Sea:Elsinore, Denmark, May 2014 [PDF]
The presentations and discussions summarised provide an overview on the current state of knowledge on a wide range of occupational health risks to which seafarers are exposed.
Carter, Tim, Jepsen, Jørgen Riis
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Background. Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is an acute neurological disorder resulting from thiamine deficiency. It is mainly related to alcohol abuse but it can be associated with other conditions such as gastrointestinal disorders.
Nuria Huertas-González +3 more
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Funding Information: This research was supported by funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the New York Academy of Sciences (Grant number OPP1176128).
Gomes, Filomena +2 more
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