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Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
Prevention and Treatment ... of Nutritional ... Liver Disease • Vitamin ... #Deficiencies # ... Gastroenterology
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
folate, iron, B12 ... • Persistent nausea ... Phos, Ca+, Bl, B12 ... Bypass #Surgery #bariatric ... #nutrition #Vitamin
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Micronutrient Deficiencies ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... B12 - Macrocytic ... #nutrition #table ... differential #diagnosis #bariatric
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
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nutrients • TPN for treatment ... hyperglycemia and vitamin ... deficiencies) Dumping ... Gastric bypass causes ... excluded limb • Treatment
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... • Common Causes ... conditions, surgeries (bariatric ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
persons with poor nutrition ... iron and folate deficiencies ... , or any other cause ... vasculitis Treatment ... Pathophysiology #Nutrition
Tongue Pathology 

Geographic tongue, fissured tongue, and hairy tongue are the most common tongue problems and
do not require treatment ... an underlying nutritional ... iron, folic acid, vitamin ... B12, riboflavin ... caused by the Epstein-Barr
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
B12 and copper ... • Infectious causes ... antibodies • Nutritional ... B12, E, D, copper ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... skin that are caused ... Platelet Disorders • Nutritional ... : vitamin B12 or ... factor (GCSF) treatments