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Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
After Gastric Bypass ... Fat-Soluble Vitamins ... : • Vitamin A - ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... Deficiencies #Gastric #Bypass
Causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency - Cobalamin
Decreased Intake
Pancreas: Insufficiency
Intestine: SIBO, Celiac disease, IBD, Lymphoma, Amyloidosis, Resection,
Causes of Vitamin ... Pernicious anemia, Bypass ... BrighamChiefs #Vitamin ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... practices that could cause ... vegan, gastric bypass ... or if a primary hematologic ... #Workup #hematology
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass ... • Persistent nausea ... Gastroenterology and Hepatology ... Supplementation #Gastric #Bypass ... gastroenterology #nutrition #Vitamin
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
 •
Causes of Bleeding ... Liver Disease • Vitamin ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
disorders, or other causes ... • Secondary Causes ... Corticosteroids - Vitamin ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology ... #rheumatology #
How to Evaluate an Abnormal APTT
Step 1: Is the PT or APTT Artifactually Prolonged?
Step 2: Is
Anticoagulants (Vitamin ... to identify the cause ... prolonged #diagnosis #hematology
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
common after distal bypass ... hyperglycemia and vitamin ... causes increased ... an option for bypass ... Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Causes include : ... Pre-analytical cause ... ) • Severe vitamin ... aPTT #Prolonged #Causes ... #differential #hematology
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal ... Early vitamin K ... Pre-analytical cause ... Severe vitamin K ... #differential #hematology