Improving thiamine prescribing at an academic hospital network using the computerized provider order entry system: a cohort study

GS Day, S Ladak, CM Del Campo - Canadian Medical Association …, 2020 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Oral thiamine therapy is frequently prescribed to patients at risk for thiamine
deficiency despite recommendations emphasizing the need for high doses of parenteral …

Thiamine prescribing practices within university‐affiliated hospitals: A multicenter retrospective review

GS Day, S Ladak, K Curley, NAS Farb… - Journal of hospital …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Patients with suspected thiamine deficiency should receive treatment with
parenteral thiamine to achieve the high serum thiamine levels necessary to reverse the …

Thiamine utilization and the lack of prescribing standardization: A critical examination

TN Brothers, M Furtado, MA Al-Mamun - Alcohol, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives Thiamine is often prescribed for thiamine deficiency during hospitalization
despite the lack of US-based clinical guidelines. This study aims to evaluate thiamine …

Authors' reply, re: A response to Zhou et al. regarding thiamine supplementation in altered mental status

DJ Zhou, S Kedar - Hospital Practice, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this practice-based, real-world study, we examined hospital outcomes and thiamine
prescription patterns among a diverse group of hospital-based providers who were licensed …

[HTML][HTML] Thiamine prescribing practices for adult patients admitted to an internal medicine service

U Alim, D Bates, A Langevin, D Werry… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Thiamine (vitamin B 1) is an essential cofactor responsible for the breakdown of
glucose, and its deficiency is associated with Wernicke encephalopathy (WE). There is a …

Thiamine supplementation in hospitalized patients with altered mental status: does it help?

DJ Zhou, KK Samson, N Joseph, I Fahad… - Hospital …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To describe thiamine-prescribing patterns and to study the association of thiamine
supplementation with clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with altered mental status …

Clinical diagnosis, outcomes and treatment of thiamine deficiency in a tertiary hospital

F Mifsud, D Messager, AS Jannot, B Védie… - Clinical Nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Acute thiamine deficiency can occur in patients with or without history of alcohol
abuse and can lead to life-threatening complications. Clinical diagnosis is challenging, often …

Long-Term Impacts of a Targeted Intervention in the Emergency Department on Inpatient Prescribing Practices

BJ Negaard, JP Vakkalanka… - Journal of pharmacy …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: In 2009, researchers successfully implemented an intervention to decrease the
inappropriate prescribing of multivitamin infusions (MVIs) in the emergency department (ED) …

Evaluation of the safety of intravenous thiamine administration in a large academic medical center

SL Tjugum, TL Hedrick, SJ Jean… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background/Objective: Previous literature describes increased incidence of infusion-related
reactions when administering thiamine doses greater than 100 mg as an intravenous (IV) …

Thiamine fortification strategies in low‐and middle‐income settings: a review

KC Whitfield, TJ Smith, F Rohner… - Annals of the New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thiamine (vitamin B1) is an essential micronutrient in energy metabolism and cognitive and
neurological health. Thiamine deficiency disorders (TDDs) have a range of clinical …