Malnutrition in Bariatric Surgery Candidates: Multiple Micronutrient Deficiencies Prior to Surgery.

Leigh A PetersonLawrence J CheskinMargaret FurtadoKonstantinos PapasMichael A SchweitzerThomas H MagnusonKimberley E Steele

Published in: Obesity surgery (2016)

Malnutrition in one or multiple micronutrients is pervasive in this pre-operative bariatric cohort. The effect of pre-operative supplementation, especially vitamin D and iron, should be explored.

Keyphrases

bariatric surgery
weight loss
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
obese patients
roux en y gastric bypass
gastric bypass
acute coronary syndrome
iron deficiency