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Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Micronutrient Deficiencies ... After Gastric Bypass ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... #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 ... Pernicious anemia, Bypass ... BrighamChiefs #Vitamin ... Deficiency #Cobalamin #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass ... anastomosis) Gastric Bypass ... Liver Disease • Vitamin ... and Nutrient Deficiencies ... Surgery #Diagnosis #Differential
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
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Causes of Bleeding ... / Bruising - Differential ... Disease • Other deficiencies ... Liver Disease • Vitamin ... #Hematology
Causes of Purpura - Differential Diagnosis
Disruption in Vascular Integrity: 
 • Trauma, Infection, Vasculitis, Drug induced
Causes of Purpura ... - Differential ... disorders, Nutritional deficiencies ... (Vitamin C), Pigmented ... #Differential #
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
Pancytopenia - Differential ... Nutritional Deficiencies ... consumption • Vitamin ... #Pancytopenia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
Nutrient Deficiencies ... Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass ... • Persistent nausea ... Supplementation #Gastric #Bypass ... gastroenterology #nutrition #Vitamin
Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
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EKG Findings Causes ... Milk-alkali syndrome • Vitamin ... Electrocardiogram #Differential ... #Causes #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... - Protein C/S deficiencies ... Corticosteroids - Vitamin ... Vasculopathy #Purpura #Differential ... #nonpalpable #dermatology
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Early vitamin K ... coagulation factors deficiencies ... Severe vitamin K ... #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology #coagulation