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===Study of Choice=== | ===Study of Choice=== | ||
Thiamine replacement test | ==== Thiamine replacement test ==== | ||
* To administer thiamine to the patient and monitor the patient's response. | |||
* This test is easy, safe (as thiamine is not toxic in high doses), and saves time, efforts, and cost into the patient's treatment.<ref name="pmid28413748">{{cite journal| author=Edwards KA, Tu-Maung N, Cheng K, Wang B, Baeumner AJ, Kraft CE| title=Thiamine Assays-Advances, Challenges, and Caveats. | journal=ChemistryOpen | year= 2017 | volume= 6 | issue= 2 | pages= 178-191 | pmid=28413748 | doi=10.1002/open.201600160 | pmc=5390807 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28413748 }}</ref> | |||
===== Diagnostic results ===== | ===== Diagnostic results ===== | ||
The following finding on performing thiamine replacement test is confirmatory for beriberi: | The following finding on performing thiamine replacement test is confirmatory for beriberi: | ||
* Clinical improvement of the patient's symptoms | * Clinical improvement of the patient's symptoms | ||
*Echocardiographic improvement of cardiac function. | |||
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Overview
Monitoring the patient's response after thiamine administration is the most cost-effective diagnostic study.
Diagnostic Study of Choice
Study of Choice
Thiamine replacement test
- To administer thiamine to the patient and monitor the patient's response.
- This test is easy, safe (as thiamine is not toxic in high doses), and saves time, efforts, and cost into the patient's treatment.[1]
Diagnostic results
The following finding on performing thiamine replacement test is confirmatory for beriberi:
- Clinical improvement of the patient's symptoms
- Echocardiographic improvement of cardiac function.
References
- ↑ Edwards KA, Tu-Maung N, Cheng K, Wang B, Baeumner AJ, Kraft CE (2017). "Thiamine Assays-Advances, Challenges, and Caveats". ChemistryOpen. 6 (2): 178–191. doi:10.1002/open.201600160. PMC 5390807. PMID 28413748.