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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 ... #Bypass #vitamin ... nutrition #table #differential
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
 •
Causes of Bleeding ... / Bruising - Differential ... Liver Disease • Vitamin ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
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
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... anemia (vegan, gastric ... bypass), LFT (liver ... or if a primary hematologic ... #Workup #hematology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... Corticosteroids - Vitamin ... Vasculopathy #Purpura #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hematology ... #nonpalpable #dermatology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
diseases, Bleeding gastric ... Post-splenectomy, Vitamin ... key #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Megaloblastic: Vitamin ... morphologic #mcv #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Differential Diagnosis ... Causes include : ... ) • Severe vitamin ... #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology #coagulation
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
hyperglycemia and vitamin ... Kidney Stones: • Gastric ... bypass causes increased ... Complications #gastric ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal ... Early vitamin K ... Severe vitamin K ... #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology #coagulation