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Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
After Gastric Bypass ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... confabulation), dry berberi ... Deficiencies #Gastric #Bypass ... #table #differential
Causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency - Cobalamin
Decreased Intake
Pancreas: Insufficiency
Intestine: SIBO, Celiac disease, IBD, Lymphoma, Amyloidosis, Resection,
Causes of Vitamin ... B12 Deficiency ... Pernicious anemia, Bypass ... #B12 #Deficiency ... #Cobalamin #differential
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... Pressure - Differential ... - Severe iron deficiency ... Thyrotoxicosis - Wet Beriberi ... #cardiology
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
(beriberi) and ... highest on my differential ... EtOH causes thiamine ... deficiency via ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential ... Manifestations Causes ... TPN - Gastric bypass ... Malnutrition - Gastric bypass ... Diagnosis #syndromes #beriberi
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential ... Physiologic Causes ... • Severe iron deficiency ... Thyrotoxicosis - Wet Beriberi ... #cardiology
Causes of Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis
Decreased calcium absorption
 • Vitamin D deficiency
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Causes of Hypocalcemia ... - Differential ... absorption • Vitamin ... D deficiency ... absorption - Intestinal bypass
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Vit B12, B6, Cu deficiency ... refill - Poor pulses ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam