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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 ... Anemia • Zinc - Alopecia ... Deficiencies #Gastric #Bypass
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Copper deficiency, Vitamin ... A excess, Vitamin ... Scaling, pustules, crusts ... • ANA • Vitamin ... Differential #Diagnosis #dermatology
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Hair Loss (Alopecia ... • Androgenetic alopecia ... deficiency • Vitamin ... #dermatology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
 •
Causes of Bleeding ... Liver Disease • Vitamin ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Diffuse Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus erythematosus
 • Lichen
Diffuse Hair Loss (Alopecia ... • Androgenetic alopecia ... deficiency • Vitamin ... #dermatology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
disorders, or other causes ... • Secondary Causes ... Corticosteroids - Vitamin ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology ... #nonpalpable #dermatology
How to Evaluate an Abnormal APTT
Step 1: Is the PT or APTT Artifactually Prolonged?
Step 2: Is
Anticoagulants (Vitamin ... to identify the cause ... prolonged #diagnosis #hematology
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Causes include : ... Pre-analytical cause ... ) • Severe vitamin ... aPTT #Prolonged #Causes ... #differential #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Megaloblastic: Vitamin ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass ... • Persistent nausea ... Gastroenterology and Hepatology ... Supplementation #Gastric #Bypass ... gastroenterology #nutrition #Vitamin