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Vitamin deficiency causes clinical disease
Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy.  Vitamin C is important for the
Vitamin deficiency ... causes clinical ... C deficiency causes ... causes failure ... #Pathophysiology
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Deficiencies After Gastric ... Bypass Fat-Soluble ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... #Deficiencies #Gastric ... #Bypass #vitamin
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 ... BrighamChiefs #Vitamin ... differential #diagnosis #causes
The Inhibited Pathway caused by N2O, leading to a decrease in the active form of Vitamin
Inhibited Pathway caused ... active form of Vitamin ... use of N2O can cause ... B12 deficiency. ... #Pathophysiology
Causes of B12 deficiency. 

This great diagram shows normal absorption and outlines most possible causes. At
Causes of B12 deficiency ... most possible causes ... The vitamin B12 ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Rachitic Rosary of Rickets on Physical Exam

Bead-like prominences of bone are seen at the costochondral joints.
mineralization causes ... Rosary #Rickets #PhysicalExam ... #chest #Ribs #VitaminD ... #deficiency #endocrinology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin ... deficiency (thiamine ... • Pellagra • Vitamin ... D deficiency ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
C Deficiency) - ... C deficiency can ... , or any other cause ... weeks #Scurvy #Pathophysiology ... #Pathophysiology
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
Supplementation Post Gastric ... Bypass Surgery ... • Persistent nausea ... #Bypass #Surgery ... gastroenterology #nutrition #Vitamin
Copper Deficiency - Mechanisms
There are 2 main mechanisms of copper deficiency
Decreased intake from:
 - Gastric bypass,
Copper Deficiency ... intake from: - Gastric ... bypass, Celiac ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology