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Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
and Vitamin Deficiency ... paraesthesiae • Folate ... B12 - Anaemia, ... #Deficiency #differential ... signs #symptoms #nutrition
Anemia - Underproduction Diagnostic Algorithm
 - Iron deficiency anemia
 - Anemia of chronic inflammation
 - Anemia
Algorithm - Iron ... deficiency anemia ... kidney disease - Vitamin ... B12 and/or folate ... deficiency -
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
cardiomyopathy) • Folate ... • Vitamin B12 ... Trace Minerals: • Iron ... uw_IMresidency #nutrient ... #nutrition #table
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
, iron, B12 and ... years • Pervasive neurologic ... Phos, Ca+, Bl, B12 ... , Vit D, Folate, ... #Vitamin
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
Diseases: • GATA2 deficiency ... • Fanconi’s anemia ... Antibody-mediated hemolysis Nutritional ... consumption • Vitamin ... B12Folate deficiency
Diagnosing Vitamin B12 and/or Folate Deficiency

It turns out that simply measuring serum levels of B12 or
Diagnosing Vitamin ... B12 and/or Folate ... or folate is simply ... Since folate is ... #Nutrition #Hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Microcytic" • Iron ... Megaloblastic: Vitamin ... B12 deficiency, ... Folate deficiency ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
inflammation • Nutrient ... deficiencies: Iron ... chronic blood loss), Vitamin ... B12, Folate • ... , G6PD deficiency
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Volume (<80 fL) • Iron ... Deficiency • ... (>100 fL) • B12 ... Folate Deficiency ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
, Thalassemia, Iron ... deficiency anemia ... Macrocytic RBC: Vitamin ... B12 or Folate deficiency ... deficiency anemia