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Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... changes and may cause ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Nutrition #Differential
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
ataxia), Korsakoff syndrome ... anemia • Vitamin B12 ... immune function, diarrhea ... Bypass #vitamin #nutrition ... #table #differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... • Irritable bowel ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome ... result-watery diarrhoea ... syndrome, Inflammatory ... elastase #low #differential ... #gastroenterology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... HCO3)} Normal = 12 ... D-lactate (short bowel ... syndrome, intestinal ... acidosis: - Diarrhea
Tongue Pathology 

Geographic tongue, fissured tongue, and hairy tongue are the most common tongue problems and
an underlying nutritional ... acid, vitamin B12 ... immunodeficiency, is caused ... require biopsy to differentiate ... Burning mouth syndrome
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 ... blood count with differential
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 ... Gastric bypass causes ... #diagnosis #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
alterations, and bowel ... Check Vitamin B12 ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... management #neurology #differential
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
and Inflammatory Bowel ... Table summarizes ... energy intake x 8-12 ... pain, wind and diarrhea ... #management #treatment