Need for Multivitamins in Patients with Gastric Bypass

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Need for Multivitamins in Patients with Gastric Bypass

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Reference: " Need for Multivitamin Use in the Postoperative Period of

Gastric Bypass, " Colossi FG, Casagrande DS, et al, Obes Surg, 2007 Dec

28; [Epub ahead of print]. (Address: Centro da Obesidade Mórbida,

Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil).

Summary: In a study involving 210 patients who had recently undergone

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP), inadequate intakes of various

micronutrients were found in the post-operative period through 2 years

post surgery. 24-hour eating records for the patients were collected 1

month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months

post-operation. Inadequate intakes of vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium,

iron, and B-complex vitamins (with the exception of cyanocobalamin and

riboflavin) were found. Over the course of the 2 year study period, an

increase in consumption of nutrients was found; however, the intakes

were not consistent. The authors conclude that in patients who have

undergone gastric bypass, " …the routine use of multivitamins is deemed

necessary after the first month postoperatively, with its maintenance

preferably for the rest of the patient's life, without abandoning

periodic clinical and laboratory follow-up. "

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