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Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Bypass Fat-Soluble Vitamins ... : • Vitamin A - ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... immune function, diarrhea ... #nutrition #table
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Refeeding Syndrome Overview ... initiation of nutrition ... Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... • Pellagra • Vitamin
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Diet: ↓ Intake, e.g. vegan, Malnutrition, Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin ... Inflammation: IBD ... Iron #Deficiency #Causes ... diagnosis #anemia #nutrition
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
• Persistent nausea ... , vomiting, diarrhea ... behaviors and alcohol Nutritional ... gastroenterology #nutrition ... #Vitamin
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... • Common Causes ... tongue), abd pain, diarrhea ... related to IBD, ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis Overview ... MS) • Check Vitamin ... • Infectious causes ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Deficiency: - Vitamin
Causes of Hypokalemia
I. Decreased intake
   A. Starvation
   B. Clay ingestion
II. Redistribution into
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Vitamin or folic ... Total parenteral nutrition ... Gastrointestinal loss (diarrhea ... Classification #Causes