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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
Supplementation Post Gastric ... folate, iron, 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
Deficiencies After Gastric ... B12 - Macrocytic ... #Deficiencies #Gastric ... #nutrition #table ... differential #diagnosis #bariatric
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 ... #VitaminB12 #Folate ... Deficiency #Diagnosis #Nutrition
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
nutrients • TPN for treatment ... hyperglycemia and vitamin ... Kidney Stones: • Gastric ... and Hepatology ... Complications #gastric
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... conditions, surgeries (bariatric ... , gastric, intestinal ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
Etiologies of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
 • Inadequate intake - Rare but seen in very strict vegans
• Abnormal gastric ... This is a recently ... #VitaminB12 #deficiency ... differential #diagnosis #hematology ... #nutrition
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