Vitamins

Question 1

Vitamin B1

Answer 1

Thiamine

Question 2

Vitamin B2

Answer 2

Riboflavin

Question 3

Vitamin B6

Answer 3

Pyridoxine

Question 4

Vitamin C

Answer 4

Ascorbic Acid

Question 5

Vitamin A

Answer 5

Retinol

Question 6

Vitamin A deficiency

Answer 6

Important for pulmonary epithelial growth and cellular differentiation- chronic lung disease?
Photophobia, conjunctivitis
Abnormal epiphyseal bone formation and tooth enamel
Generalized scaling
Failure to thrive

Question 7

Vitamin B1 deficiency

Answer 7

Beriberi (fatigue, irritability, constipation, cardiac failure)
Associated with pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency and MSUD

Question 8

Vitamin B2 deficiency

Answer 8

Failure to thrive
Photophobia
Blurred vision
Dermatitis
Mucositis
Associated with glutamic aciduria type 1

Question 9

Vitamin B6 deficiency

Answer 9

Dermatitis, mucositis
Hypochromic anemia
Possible seizures
Associated with homocystinuria

Question 10

Biotin deficiency

Answer 10

Alopecia, dermatitis, scaling, seborrhea
Associated with biotinidase deficiency, propionic acidemia, and pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency

Question 11

Vitamin C deficiency

Answer 11

Poor wound healing
Bleeding gums
Associated with transient tyrosinemia

Question 12

Vitamin D deficiency

Answer 12

Rickets
Failure to thrive
Possible tetany

Question 13

Copper deficiency

Answer 13

Anemia
Osteoporosis
Depigmentation of hair and skin
Neutropenia
Poor weight gain
Hypotonia, ataxia later in life

Question 14

In TPN cholestasis what trace elements should you reduce?

Answer 14

Manganese and copper

Question 15

In TPN cholestasis what trace element should you increase?

Answer 15

Zinc

Question 16

In renal deficiency what TPN trace elements should you change?

Answer 16

Decrease chromium and selenium