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Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Diet: ↓ Intake, e.g. vegan, Malnutrition, Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin
Absorption: Gastritis, Surgery ... Drugs, H pylori, Celiac ... Inflammation: IBD ... Deficiency #Causes #differential ... diagnosis #anemia #nutrition
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Inadequate Intake: Vegetarian/vegan diet, Malnutrition
 • Increased Body Needs: Infants/preschoolers, Pregnancy,
gastritis, Bariatric surgery ... Bleeding, Edema, Celiac ... Inflammatory Disease (IBD ... #Deficiency #differential ... diagnosis #causes #nutrition
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea Differential ... Non-infectious: IBD ... Bacterial overgrowth, Celiac ... Amyloidosis, S/p surgery ... Diagnosis #causes #gastroenterology
Iron Deficiency Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Labs: Ferritin, iron, transferrin, TIBC, TSAT, sTfR

 • Blood loss:
Anemia - Differential ... bleed, Epistaxis, Surgery ... - Structural: Celiac ... Tropical sprue, IBD ... , Bypass surgery
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
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Suspected Celiac ... disease • Iron-deficiency ... microscopic colitis Differential ... Inflammatory (IBD ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
- Differential ... cancer, ulcer, IBD ... menses), Epistaxis, Surgery ... of absorption): Celiac ... disease, Bypass surgery
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Inflammatory: • IBD ... disorders • Celiac ... Damage: • Post-op surgery ... malignancy • Iron
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Copper Deficiency - Differential ... Crohn's disease, Celiac ... post-bariatric surgery ... supplementation) or iron ... #Diagnosis #nutrition
Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
and Treatment of Nutritional ... after Bariatric Surgery ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Complications #Nutrition ... #Deficiencies #Gastroenterology
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
Gastric Bypass Surgery ... Vit D, folate, iron ... Gastric #Bypass #Surgery ... #bariatric #gastroenterology ... #nutrition #Vitamin