Vitaminas B1, B6, B12 y Neuropatías Periféricas. Consenso de expertos.: Vitamins B1, B6, and B12 and Peripheral Neuropathies: International expert consensus

John Longa López; José Luis Dinamarca-Montecinos; Koni Mejía-Rojas; Astrid Cecilia Bernaola Cuadros; Jessica Beatriz Ampuero Bárcena; Leonardo Palacios-Sánchez; Mariano Fernandez-Fairen

doi:10.25176/RFMH.v24i1.6413

Authors

John Longa López Médico Endocrinólogo, Magister en Salud Pública y Gestión Hospitalaria, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas (INICIB) Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Perú.
José Luis Dinamarca-Montecinos Médico Geriatra, Doctor y Magíster en Gerontología Social; Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Valparaíso; Hospital Dr. Gustavo Fricke, Viña del Mar, Chile.
Koni Mejía-Rojas MD, Neuróloga en el Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrion, Callao, Perú. Directora médica, Centro Médico EDMECON Educación Médica Continua, Lima, Perú.
Astrid Cecilia Bernaola Cuadros Médico Fisiatra (Perú). Presidenta de la Sociedad de Medicina de Rehabilitación del Perú y de la Asociación Médica Latinoamericana de Rehabilitación (AMLAR).
Jessica Beatriz Ampuero Bárcena Médico especialista en Nutrición Clínica del Adulto (CONACEM). Magister en Nutrición Clínica del Adulto Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Leonardo Palacios-Sánchez MD. Especialista en Neurología y Docencia Universitaria. Profesor titular y emérito, Centro de Neurociencia “Neurovitae”, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Mariano Fernandez-Fairen MD. PhD, Especialista en Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, Barcelona, España.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25176/RFMH.v24i1.6413

Keywords:

Vitamin B1 deficiency, B6, B12, peripheral neuropathy, expert consensus

Abstract

Based on a bibliographic review of the literature, a consensus of international experts has been carried out on the use of vitamins B1, B6, B12, in their deficiencies, and in the peripheral neuropathy that may be associated with them, to optimize the management of these conditions.

Several questions considered important and worthy of being addressed and clarified were raised, retaining nine of them for further discussion to achieve consensus.

Forty one recommendations on the management of these conditions have been proposed, with unanimity of the participants in the consensus. This has been an attempt to clarify controversial points, assisting the clinician's attitude in current medical practice.

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