[Malnutrition in morbid obesity].
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.
Jorge
Zulmira
Z
Serviço de Endocrinologia, Diabetes e Metabolismo, Hospital de Santa Maria (CHLN, EPE), Lisboa.
Carvalho
Maria Raquel
MR
Guerra
Anabela S
AS
Alves
Natália
N
De Almeida
José Mendes
JM
Fagundes
Maria João
MJ
Cortêz-Pinto
Helena
H
Do Carmo
Isabel
I
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*; D011300:Preoperative Care