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SynthesisObesity surgery2018

Oral Vitamin B

Kamal K Mahawar, Alastair Reid, Yitka Graham, Lindes Callejas-Diaz, Chetan Parmar, William Rj Carr, Neil Jennings, Rishi Singhal, Peter K Small

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Synthesis in Obesity surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kamal K MahawarBariatric Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, SR4 7TP, UK. kamal_mahawar@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2551-3462
Alastair ReidBariatric Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, SR4 7TP, UK.
Yitka GrahamBariatric Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, SR4 7TP, UK.
Lindes Callejas-DiazBariatric Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, SR4 7TP, UK.
Chetan ParmarThe Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
William Rj CarrBariatric Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, SR4 7TP, UK.
Neil JenningsBariatric Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, SR4 7TP, UK.
Rishi SinghalBirmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Peter K SmallBariatric Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, SR4 7TP, UK.
Sunderland Royal Hospital · GBHeartlands Hospital · GBWhittington Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMany respectable guidelines recommend lifelong vitamin B

methodsWe examined the PubMed database for all English language articles examining various doses of oral vitamin B

resultsThe data suggest that oral vitamin B

conclusionThe review finds that oral supplementation doses of ≤ 15 μg vitamin B

Indexed as

Gastric BypassAdministration, OralAdultChemopreventionDietary SupplementsDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Administration ScheduleFemaleHumansMaleObesity, MorbidPostoperative ComplicationsVitamin B 12Vitamin B 12 DeficiencyVitamin B 12Bariatric surgeryGastric bypassMicronutrient supplementationMorbid obesityProphylaxisRoux-en-Y gastric bypassVitamin B12

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PMID29318504
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