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Nutritional Deficiencies Before and After Bariatric Surgery in Low- and High-Income Countries: Prevention and Treatment.

Faiza A Kamal, Lucas Y Fernet, Miguel Rodriguez, Fatima Kamal, Naofal K Da Silva, Omar A Kamal, Alberto Ayala Aguilar, Victor S Arruarana, Marily Martinez Ramirez

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Faiza A KamalGeneral Practice, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, GBR.
Lucas Y FernetGeneral Practice, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, GBR.
Miguel RodriguezSurgery, Universidad de Oriente, Houston, USA.
Fatima KamalInternal Medicine, Connecticut Institute for Communities, Danbury, USA.
Naofal K Da SilvaDepartment of Surgery, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, USA.
Omar A KamalBiological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CAN.
Alberto Ayala AguilarGeneral Practice, Universidad del Noreste, Tampico, MEX.
Victor S ArruaranaInternal Medicine, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, New York, USA.
Marily Martinez RamirezInternal Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, MEX.
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center · USWestern Connecticut State University · USBaptist Hospital of Miami · USUniversidad del Noreste · MXUniversidad de Oriente · MXUniversity of Alberta · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nutritional deficiencies represent a prevalent concern among individuals with obesity, stemming from suboptimal dietary habits, chronic inflammation, and preoperative weight reduction efforts. Bariatric surgical interventions, employing either restrictive, malabsorptive or a combination of the two methods, further compound these deficiencies. Commonly observed nutritional deficits following bariatric surgeries include vitamin B

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bariatricbariatric surgeryhigh incomelow incomenutritional deficiencies

Identifiers

PMID38550458
PMCPMC10977614
OpenAlexW4392184746

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