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Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
folate, iron, B12 ... nausea, vomiting, diarrhea ... behaviors and alcohol Nutritional ... Phos, Ca+, Bl, B12 ... gastroenterology #nutrition
Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
Prevention and Treatment ... of Nutritional ... • Vitamin and Nutrient ... Surgery #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Nutrition #Deficiencies
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
anemia • Vitamin B12 ... immune function, diarrhea ... uw_IMresidency #nutrient ... Bypass #vitamin #nutrition ... #table #differential
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... Etiology: • Vit B12 ... tongue), abd pain, diarrhea ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
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 #
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 ... require biopsy to differentiate ... has responded to treatment
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
energy intake x 8-12 ... replicate the nutrients ... pain, wind and diarrhea ... #comparison #table ... #management #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Check Vitamin B12 ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Deficiency: - Vitamin B12 ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... management #neurology #differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Platelet Disorders • Nutritional ... : vitamin B12 or ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... blood count with differential ... marrow studies Treatment