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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 ... #nutrition #table ... differential #diagnosis #bariatric
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... • Common Causes ... parasthesias, gait ... conditions, surgeries (bariatric ... diagnosis #management #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 ... D deficiency ... , K, Mg2+) • Slow
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
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Most cases diagnosed ... • Vitamin C deficiency ... Pernicious anemia/B12 deficiency ... ) - Waddling gait ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Causes of Hypocalcemia by Clinical Cause

Acute illness: pancreatitis, tumor lysis, severe illness - Secondary hyperparathyroidism from
hyperparathyroidism from low ... D deficiency ... D deficiency ... Neck surgery - Low ... Differential #Diagnosis #Endocrinology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
skin that are caused ... Platelet Disorders • Nutritional ... : vitamin B12 or ... folic acid deficiency ... treatments • Copper deficiency
Causes of Hypokalemia
I. Decreased intake
   A. Starvation
   B. Clay ingestion
II. Redistribution into
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Vitamin or folic ... Total parenteral nutrition ... Magnesium deficiency ... Differential #Diagnosis #Low
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
diabetic, B12 deficiency ... muscle wasting, slow ... range of motion, gait ... slippery surfaces • Psychiatric ... falling, functional gait