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Causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency - Cobalamin
Decreased Intake
Pancreas: Insufficiency
Intestine: SIBO, Celiac disease, IBD, Lymphoma, Amyloidosis, Resection,
of Vitamin B12 Deficiency ... anemia, Bypass/gastrectomy ... #Vitamin #B12 #Deficiency
Iron Deficiency Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Labs: Ferritin, iron, transferrin, TIBC, TSAT, sTfR

 • Blood loss:
Iron Deficiency ... Atrophic gastritis, Gastrectomy ... Zinc excess or deficiency ... , Copper deficiency ... MatthewHoMD #Iron #Deficiency
PEG Tube Placement - Scoping Summary
 • PEG: Push vs Pull Technique
 • Most Common Indications
PEG contact your pharmacist ... #percutaneous #gastrostomy
Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Surgery - Post-gastrectomy ... Transcobalamin II deficiency ... #VitaminB12 #deficiency
Smoking Cessation: the 5 A's and 5 R's. Very useful tool for clinicians, including pharmacists to
clinicians, including pharmacists
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Causes of Copper Deficiency ... post-bariatric surgery, gastrectomy ... supplements #Copper #Deficiency
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Atrophic gastritis, Gastrectomy ... tony_breu #Iron #Deficiency
Diagnosing Vitamin B12 and/or Folate Deficiency

It turns out that simply measuring serum levels of B12 or
and/or Folate Deficiency ... to diagnosis deficiency ... levels will be deficient ... accumulate in B12 deficiency ... tests for B12 deficiency
With the recent publication of the FDA Guidance on alcohol-based hand sanitizer compounding, I thought to
also encouraging pharmacists
Group A Strep Pharyngitis, also known as  Strep Throat. 

In addition to symptomatic presentation, a
expanding area for pharmacists ... intervention for pharmacists