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Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
Prevention and Treatment ... Surgery: • Dumping Syndrome ... Surgery #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Treatment #Complications ... #Deficiencies #Gastroenterology
Types of Bariatric Surgery
Adjustable Gastric Banding:
 • Decreasing in prevalence, 3% of bariatric surgeries performed
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Complications — dumping syndrome ... preserved less dumping syndrome ... TypicallySilent via Emory Gastroenterology ... and Hepatology ... #bypass #gastroenterology
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
Consider refeeding syndrome ... nutrients • TPN for treatment ... and Hepatology ... Complications #gastric ... #diagnosis #differential
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
Supplementation Post Gastric ... folate, iron, B12 ... Phos, Ca+, Bl, B12 ... and Hepatology ... Bypass #Surgery #bariatric
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
and Bloating - Treatment ... Fundoplication, Bariatric ... Gastroparesis • Chronic Gastric ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... #gastroenterology
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
ataxia), Korsakoff syndrome ... anemia • Vitamin B12 ... vitamin #nutrition #table ... #differential # ... diagnosis #bariatric
Causes of Anemia in Cirrhosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
LOW RETIC INDEX - ↓ PRODUCTION
 • Vitamin
in Cirrhosis - Differential ... PRODUCTION • Vitamin B12 ... bleed, esophageal, gastric ... Destruction: Zieve's syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... blood count with differential ... marrow studies Treatment ... #diagnosis #hematology
Etiologies of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
 • Inadequate intake - Rare but seen in very strict vegans
• Abnormal gastric ... insufficiency, blind loops syndromes ... malabsorption syndromes ... VitaminB12 #deficiency #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology