RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Malabsorption of Oral Antibiotics in Pregnancy after Gastric Bypass Surgery
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 310
OP 313
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2007.03.060177
VO 20
IS 3
A1 Magee, Susanna R.
A1 Shih, Grace
A1 Hume, Anne
YR 2007
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/20/3/310.abstract
AB 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.