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Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
Prevention and Treatment ... Bypass - RYGB ... Bypass - MGB ... Surgery: • Dumping Syndrome ... #Deficiencies #Gastroenterology
Types of Bariatric Surgery
Adjustable Gastric Banding:
 • Decreasing in prevalence, 3% of bariatric surgeries performed
 •
bypassing small bowel ... Complications — dumping syndrome ... internal hernia, bowel ... preserved less dumping syndrome ... #bypass #gastroenterology
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Small Intestinal Bowel ... Fundoplication, Bariatric ... Gastric Outlet ... SyndromeChronic ... #gastroenterology
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
Consider refeeding syndrome ... nutrients • TPN for treatment ... bolus to the small bowel ... bypass causes increased ... #bypass #gastroenterology
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
Supplementation Post Gastric ... Bypass Surgery ... folate, iron, B12 ... • Persistent nausea ... #bariatric #gastroenterology
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Bypass Fat-Soluble ... ataxia), Korsakoff syndrome ... anemia • Vitamin B12 ... #nutrition #table ... differential #diagnosis #bariatric
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
AMI • PUD • Gastric ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Celiac ... • Inflammatory bowel ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
pulmonary disorder of chronic ... triad of: 1) chronic ... arteriovenous shunting causes ... mixed blood to pass ... mortality rate of ~12%