Of the total 219 IV thiamine doses ordered, 180 (82.2%) were for 100 mg, and ... of thiamine deficiency is Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome,2 which consists of 2 ...

Thiamine (vitamin B1) is a water-soluble vitamin that is involved in the ... WKS is a clinical emergency that requires the rapid administration of high doses of thiamine; ... Thiamine for Wernicke–Korsakoff Syndrome in people at risk from alcohol ...

the Korsakoff Syndrome (KS) (1). WE that is not asso- ciated with alcohol misuse can usually be treated with smaller oral doses of thiamine. These patients rarely.

Surrogate outcome measures for prevention of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome suggest 200 mg intramuscularly (IM) daily for 2 days is better than 5 mg IM for 2 days ...

Different sources recommend somewhat different doses of thiamine for WE, however the most widely accepted dose is 500 mg IV TID x 2-3 days, ...

Current issues regarding diagnosis and treatment of Wernicke ...

The Royal College of Physicians guideline recommends that patients with suspected Wernicke encephalopathy should receive 500 mg thiamine ...

In patients with suspected Wernicke's encephalopathy, parenteral thiamine 250-​300mg should be given two times a day for 3-5 days, followed by ...

However, later case studies showed that 100-250 mg doses of parenteral thiamine did not prevent death and that Korsakoff's psychosis ...

Because of case reports suggesting that much higher doses are needed (up to 1 g of parental thiamine) to obtain resolution of symptoms, some ...