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. 2016 Mar 15;3(2):47–54. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpam.2016.02.001

Table 3.

Adolescent bariatric surgery medical screening.

Laboratory tests
  • 1.

    Complete blood count

  • 2.

    Renal profile

  • 3.

    Liver profile

  • 4.

    Fasting blood glucose and insulin

  • 5.

    HbA1c

  • 6.

    Lipid profile

  • 7.

    Vitamin D and PTH

  • 8.

    TSH and FT4

  • 9.

    Blood group and coagulation profile

  • 10.

    Micronutrients: Vitamin B1, B6, B12, folate, zinc, magnesium, copper, and iron profile
Radiological work up
  • 1.

    Bone age

  • 2.

    Abdominal ultrasound

  • 3.

    Dual energy X-ray absorptiometric scan
Sleep study Polysomnography