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Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... Deficiency States ... B12 - Anaemia, ... #Deficiency #differential ... signs #symptoms #nutrition
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
evaluation of macrocytic ... the most likely cause ... recovery also causes ... B12 deficiency ... deficiency.
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
• Thiamine - Nausea ... cardiomyopathy) • Folate - Macrocytic ... anemiaVitamin ... B12 - Macrocytic ... #nutrition #table
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
" • Iron deficiency ... MCV - >96fL - "Macrocytic ... Megaloblastic: Vitamin ... B12 deficiency, ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... • Common Causes ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... : • Worsening macrocytic ... #management #nutrition
The Inhibited Pathway caused by N2O, leading to a decrease in the active form of Vitamin
Inhibited Pathway caused ... - Vitamin B12 ... B12 deficiency. ... The classic clinical ... of pernicious anemia
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
C Deficiency) - ... Clinical Presentation ... Loss of teeth Anemia ... : • Vitamin C deficiency ... , or any other cause
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
1) Clinical ... syphilis, Whipple, vitamin ... deficiency, ... ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... - Progressive amnesia
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Vitamin C deficiency ... • Pernicious anemia ... /B12 deficiency ... respiratory failure • Neurologic ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... common cytopenia: Macrocytic ... Platelet Disorders • Nutritional ... : vitamin B12 or ... Workup: • Complete