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Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
: • Vitamin A - ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... oculomotor dysfunction, gait ... amnesia, apathy, normal ... #nutrition #table
Osteomalacia & Osteoporosis in People with HIV
Osteomalacia:
 - Decreased bone matrix mineralization. In people with HIV
D deficiency (from ... multiple causes ... weakness, waddling gait ... of underlying cause ... D deficiency
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Diet: ↓ Intake, e.g. vegan, Malnutrition, Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin ... drkeithsiau #Iron #Deficiency ... #Causes #differential ... diagnosis #anemia #nutrition
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
PT/ABNORMAL PTT ... prolonged after Vitamin ... discern these causes ... Ehlers Danlos Nutrition ... : • Vitamin C
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
C Deficiency) - ... • Persons with psychiatric ... Psychiatric symptoms ... C deficiency can ... , or any other cause
Causes of Purpura - Differential Diagnosis
Disruption in Vascular Integrity: 
 • Trauma, Infection, Vasculitis, Drug induced
Causes of Purpura ... vascular disorders, Nutritional ... deficiencies (Vitamin ... Clotting factor deficiency ... nonpalpable #palpable #Causes
Causes of Polyneuropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Metabolic: DM, Hypothyroidism, CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional deficiency
 •
Causes of Polyneuropathy ... CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional ... deficiency • Toxic ... Heavy metals, Vitamin ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
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 ... #Diagnosis #Nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin ... deficiency (thiamine ... • Pellagra • Vitamin ... D deficiency