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Causes of Nutrient Malabsorption in Children

#Nutrient #Malabsorption #Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Differential #Gastroenterology #Nutrition
Causes of Nutrient Malabsorption ... #Nutrient #Malabsorption ... Gastroenterology #Nutrition
Clinical Manifestations and Laboratory Findings in Malabsorption of Various Nutrients

#Malabsorption #Nutrients #diagnosis #differential #table #nutrition
Laboratory Findings in Malabsorption ... Nutrients #Malabsorption ... differential #table #nutrition
Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Malnutrition:
 • Limited access to food
 • Anorexia
 • Disorders
side effects Malabsorption ... Differential #Diagnosis #Nutrition
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
absorption: - Malabsorption ... Parenteral or enteral nutrition ... Differential #Diagnosis #nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... chronic disease/malabsorptive ... • Intestinal malabsorption ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Drugs Nutritional ... Malabsorption 4 ... failure syndrome Non-Nutritional
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
frequent in the malabsorptive ... behaviors and alcohol Nutritional ... gastroenterology #nutrition
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Drugs Nutritional ... Malabsorption ... syndrome Non-Nutritional
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
e.g. in vegans), malabsorption ... disease, other malabsorptive ... lacking or there is malabsorption ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
Etiologies of Folate Deficiency
 • Decreased dietary intake - uncommon in this era
 • Increased requirements
Malabsorption ... diagnosis #hematology #nutrition