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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 ... immune function, diarrhea ... uw_IMresidency #nutrient ... #nutrition #table
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
• Persistent nausea ... , vomiting, diarrhea ... behaviors and alcohol Nutritional ... gastroenterology #nutrition ... #Vitamin
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
Assessment (bloody diarrhea ... UC > non-bloody diarrhea ... ) • FCP, CRP, Colonoscopy ... CAMs (curcumin, probiotic ... #Ulcerative #Colitis
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Causes of Copper ... disease, ulcerative colitis ... gastrectomy, prolonged diarrhea ... 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 ... Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... • Pellagra • Vitamin ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... • Common Causes ... tongue), abd pain, diarrhea ... @taleanski #Vitamin ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
Key Points • Nutrition ... to be balanced, nutritious ... replicate the nutrients ... prebiotic and probiotic ... pain, wind and diarrhea
Bulimia Nervosa: Complications
GASTROINTESTINAL
 • Dehydration & inability to digest food -> Constipation
 • Recurrent vomiting exposes
due to lack of nutrients ... LH levels) and vitamin ... Infertility • Lack of nutrients ... hormone levels cause ... loss of HCO3- in diarrhea
Causes of Hypokalemia
I. Decreased intake
   A. Starvation
   B. Clay ingestion
II. Redistribution into
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Vitamin or folic ... Total parenteral nutrition ... Gastrointestinal loss (diarrhea ... Classification #Causes