Should nutritional status be routinely assessed and corrected before bariatric surgery? Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 130-131

  Allard, Johane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MINERAL; SERUM ALBUMIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBID OBESITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33947242504     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0738     Document Type: Short Survey

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