Investigating the prevalence of nutritional abnormalities in patients prior to and following bariatric surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Bariatric surgery remains an effective treatment for the condition of obesity. However it predisposes patients to nutritional deficiencies and related complications. The aim of this study was to identify nutritional abnormalities, weight loss, adherence to supplements, and presence of gastrointestinal symptoms in a cohort of bariatric surgical patients.

Methods

An analysis of the electronic medical records of patients attending a multidisciplinary private clinic in Sydney, Australia from August 2020 to August 2021 was conducted. Data on anthropometric measures, nutritional indices, adherence to supplements and gastrointestinal symptoms preoperatively and then at ≤6 months, 1 and 2 years or more postoperatively were collected.

Results

A total of 231 patients were

SUBMITTER: Zarshenas N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9796270 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature