by Cynthia K. Buffington, PhD

INTRODUCTION

As discussed in the recent October issue of Bariatric Times, gastric bypass surgery may enhance alcohol sensitivity by altering the rate that alcohol is absorbed or metabolized. Such changes in alcohol sensitivity and clearance significantly increase the risk for alcohol toxicity and its deleterious consequences (i.e., liver disease, cardiomyopathy, loss of muscle mass and strength, neuromuscular and cognitive defects, gastritis, pancreatitis, acid reflux, and specific vitamin deficiencies).1- 7 Alcohol use may also adversely affect the health of the bariatric patient by increasing the risk for hypoglycemia and its potentially negative influence on cognitive function and neuromuscular control. Read the rest of this article »

Bariatric sensitivity is a very important part of patient care. What do you emphasize with your staff as the most important aspects of being sensitive to these patients?

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Bariatric Times • March 2007

by Andrea Bauchowitz, PhD, and Linda Gonder-Frederick, PhD

Both from the Behavioral Medicine Center,
Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Read the rest of this article »