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Prevalence of Common Nutritional Deficiencies and Supplement Recommendations in Bariatric Patients 
Calcium, Vitamin B1 (thiamine), Vitamin
Prevalence of Common Nutritional ... thiamine), Vitamin B12 ... (cobalamin), Folic ... Gastric #Bypass #Nutritional ... Deficiency #Vitamin #Diagnosis
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Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... tongue), abd pain, diarrhea ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... #diagnosis #management ... #nutrition
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
) Deficiency - Diagnosis ... and Management Diagnosis ... upper limb) • Nutritional ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... Encephalopathy • A prompt treatment
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
disease, Chronic diarrhoea ... dental fixatives, Treatment ... Total parenteral nutrition ... /jejunal nutrition ... Copper #Deficiency #diagnosis
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
anemia • Vitamin B12 ... immune function, diarrhea ... Bypass #vitamin #nutrition ... #differential #diagnosis
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
scripts and initial treatment ... tenderness, bloody diarrhea ... mesentericischemia #comparison ... #differences #diagnosis
Tongue Pathology 

Geographic tongue, fissured tongue, and hairy tongue are the most common tongue problems and
do not require treatment ... an underlying nutritional ... acid, vitamin B12 ... has responded to treatment ... Recognition and diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Check Vitamin B12 ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Deficiency: - Vitamin B12 ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
Key Points • Nutrition ... energy intake x 8-12 ... pain, wind and diarrhea ... #comparison #table ... #management #treatment