Vitamin B12 deficiency in patients undergoing bariatric surgery: Preventive strategies and key recommendations

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1013-1019

  Majumder, Shounak ^a   Soriano, Jose ^b   Louie Cruz, Allan ^a   Dasanu, Constantin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Cobalamin; Gastric banding; Gastric bypass; RYGB; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; COBALAMIN;

ARTHRALGIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; GINGIVITIS; GLOSSITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMATITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADULT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RYGB; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B(12);

BARIATRIC SURGERY; COBALAMIN; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTRIC BYPASS; RYGB; VITAMIN B(12);

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84890440347     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: 18787533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2013.04.017     Document Type: Review

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