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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 ... #Differential #Treatment ... #Deficiencies #Gastroenterology
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
folate, iron, B12 ... Phos, Ca+, Bl, B12 ... and Hepatology ... Bypass #Surgery #bariatric ... #nutrition #Vitamin
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Bypass Fat-Soluble Vitamins ... : • Vitamin A - ... 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 ... excluded limb • Treatment ... and Hepatology ... gastric #bypass #gastroenterology
Diagnosing Vitamin B12 and/or Folate Deficiency

It turns out that simply measuring serum levels of B12 or
Diagnosing Vitamin ... Since B12 is involved ... Also B12 is involved ... Deficiency #Diagnosis #Nutrition ... #Hematology #ComparisonTable
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... conditions, surgeries (bariatric ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... @taleanski #Vitamin ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
Etiologies of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
 • Inadequate intake - Rare but seen in very strict vegans
This is a recently ... pump blockers is ... with H. pylori is ... differential #diagnosis #hematology ... #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 ... has responded to treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
MS) • Check Vitamin ... B12 and copper ... 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
Platelet Disorders • Nutritional ... : vitamin B12 or ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... marrow studies Treatment ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology