Clinical CPD topic
Wernicke’s encephalopathy: practise, reflect and record
Practise wernicke’s encephalopathy through five clinical cases, review the explanations and build a professional learning record. Select thiamine prophylaxis or urgent parenteral treatment according to neurological risk.
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What you’ll work on
- Select thiamine prophylaxis or urgent parenteral treatment according to neurological risk.
- Coordinate treatment with correction of hypoglycaemia and continue parenteral thiamine when symptoms persist.
- Identify and correct hypomagnesaemia when response to thiamine is incomplete.
Think through a clinical case
Decide how you would approach this case before opening the question session.
A dependent drinker is admitted with cellulitis. He is markedly malnourished but has no confusion, eye signs or ataxia and no current evidence of Wernicke encephalopathy. Which thiamine plan follows NICE CG100?
A case from the UKMLA question bank. The session provides the answer and explanation after your attempt.
From a decision to a learning record
- Test your reasoning. Answer five questions from this topic’s clinical-content library.
- Explore the gaps. Review explanations and use Tutor to work through decisions that need more thought.
- Reflect on application. Describe what you learned and what you would change or investigate.
- Review your evidence. Confirm the activity and time spent, then retain or export your professional record.
Primary sources and further reading
Read the source in the same jurisdiction as your question session.
- Recommendations | Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis and management of physical complications | Guidance | NICEUK source
- Clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment - 16. Alcohol care in acute hospitals - Guidance - GOV.UK GOV.UKUK source
- JBDS01 Hospital management of hypoglycaemia in adults with diabetes2023UK source