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* Clinical improvement of the patient's symptoms and cardiac function.
* Clinical improvement of the patient's symptoms and cardiac function.


=== Name of Diagnostic Criteria ===
Beriberi is primarily diagnosed based on clinical presentation. There are no established criteria for the diagnosis of beriberi.





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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: : Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk, MD[2]

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 his 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 and cardiac function.


References

  1. 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.


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