title: [Malnutrition in morbid obesity].
abstract: Nutritional deficiences are common in patients who have undergone bariatric surgery for morbid obesity. There are limited data on nutritional status before surgery. We now begin to realize the importance and the high frequency of that situation in the morbidly obese who have never undergone any invasive procedure. It is very important to acknowlegde this fact, so that specific therapy is begun before surgery. It is our conviction that in doing so we minimize the risk of having serious deficiencies after surgery. We report a case of a morbidly obese woman with nutritional deficiencies before bariatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Endocrinologia, Diabetes e Metabolismo, Hospital de Santa Maria (CHLN, EPE), Lisboa.
authors.forename: Zulmira
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: Maria Raquel
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Anabela S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: Natália
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: José Mendes
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: De Almeida
authors.forename: Maria João
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fagundes
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cortêz-Pinto
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Do Carmo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*; D011300:Preoperative Care