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Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
Supplementation Post Gastric ... • Persistent nausea ... , vomiting, diarrhea ... Supplementation #Gastric ... gastroenterology #nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Refeeding Syndrome Overview ... initiation of nutrition ... changes and may cause ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Deficiencies After Gastric ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... immune function, diarrhea ... #Deficiencies #Gastric ... Bypass #vitamin #nutrition
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Abdominal Pain Causes ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... Consider cardiac causes ... genitourinary causes ... • Gastric malignancy
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
• Common Causes ... malabsorption (d/t reduced gastric ... tongue), abd pain, diarrhea ... related to IBD, ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Manifestations Causes ... alcoholism - TPN - Gastric ... Malnutrition - Gastric ... Increased loss: - Diarrhea ... syndromes #beriberi #nutrition