A middle-aged patient with a history of alcohol abuse is admitted with acute pancreatitis.This patient will most likely be deficient in which nutrients?

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Patients who regularly abuse alcohol may be deficient in many nutrients; however,they are commonly deficient in the B vitamins and folic acid.Vitamin A deficiency can be associated with night blindness in heavy drinkers; vitamin D deficiency leads to softening of the bones.Because some alcoholics are deficient in vitamins A,C,D,E,and K and the B vitamins,they experience delayed wound healing.In particular,because vitamin K,the vitamin needed for blood clotting,is commonly deficient in those who regularly abuse alcohol,those patients can have delayed clotting,resulting in excess bleeding.Deficiencies of other vitamins involved in brain function can cause severe neurological damage.

A Middle-Aged Patient with a History of Alcohol Abuse Is