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Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
After Gastric Bypass ... : • Vitamin A - ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... amnesia, apathy, normal ... Deficiencies #Gastric #Bypass
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 ... #B12 #Deficiency
Methylmalonic Acid and Homocysteine Levels in Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiency
 • B12 Deficiency: MMA elevated,
Homocysteine Levels in Vitamin ... B12 and Folate Deficiency ... • B12 Deficiency ... : MMA normal, Homocysteine ... #VitaminB12 #diagnosis
Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Causes of Low Vitamin ... B12 Levels Low vitamin ... Transcobalamin II deficiency ... antagonists #VitaminB12 ... #deficiency #low
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
the most likely cause ... recovery also causes ... B12 deficiency ... occur with B12 deficiency ... Macrocytic #Anemia #VitaminB12
Causes of B12 deficiency. 

This great diagram shows normal absorption and outlines most possible causes. At
Causes of B12 deficiency ... diagram shows normal ... most possible causes ... The vitamin B12 ... #VitaminB12 #deficiency
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. ... #NitrousOxide #VitaminB12
Osteomalacia & Osteoporosis in People with HIV
Osteomalacia:
 - Decreased bone matrix mineralization. In people with HIV
D deficiency (from ... multiple causes ... of underlying cause ... Osteopenia - Lab: Normal ... D deficiency
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
 •
Causes of Bleeding ... Destruction • Abnormal ... Liver Disease • Vitamin ... K Deficiency ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Diagnosing Vitamin B12 and/or Folate Deficiency

It turns out that simply measuring serum levels of B12 or
Diagnosing Vitamin ... and/or Folate Deficiency ... people with low normal ... B12 stores have normal ... #VitaminB12 #Folate