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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 20 (3): 310-313 (2007)
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.03.060177
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Brief Report

Malabsorption of Oral Antibiotics in Pregnancy after Gastric Bypass Surgery

Susanna R. Magee, MD, MPH, Grace Shih, MD and Anne Hume, PharmD

Brown Medical School, Providence, RI (SRM, GS)
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI (SRM, GS)
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (AH)

Correspondence: Corresponding author: Susanna R. Magee, MD, MPH, Director of Maternal and Child Health, Brown University Department of Family Medicine, Family Care Center, Memorial Hospital at Rhode Island, 111 Brewster Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 (E-mail: Susanna_Magee{at}mhri.org)

Gastric bypass surgery, by definition, changes the absorption capabilities of the stomach and small intestine. The use of oral medications in patients post gastric bypass may need to be adjusted by medical providers to account for this absorption change. The following case exemplifies this dilemma in a pregnant patient status post gastric bypass surgery with a complicated urinary tract infection.






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