Access downloadable guides tailored for New Zealand General Practitioners on managing post-bariatric surgery patients, covering follow-up care, complications, dumping syndrome, abdominal pain, unclear anatomy, normal progress, and semaglutide use.
These resources provide practical advice on weight loss expectations, red flags, nutritional monitoring, and medico-legal considerations for safe primary care.
Follow-Up After Bariatric Surgery – Four-page information handout for health professionals providing long-term follow-up advice after bariatric surgery, including vitamin supplementation, blood testing, pregnancy considerations, and potential complications.
Early and late dumping- recognition, investigation, and management in primary care – Five-page information handout for primary care on dumping syndrome after bariatric surgery, covering early and late types, symptoms, assessment, dietary management, medications, and referral criteria.
GP guidance for managing patients after Sleeve Gastrectomy – Five-page guidance for New Zealand GPs on post-sleeve gastrectomy care, including weight loss expectations, complications, red flags, vitamin supplementation, blood testing schedule, reflux management, and quick reference checklist.
GP Guidance for managing patients post Gastric Bypass – Five-page guidance for New Zealand GPs on post-gastric bypass care, including procedure overview, weight loss expectations, complications, red flags, vitamin supplementation, blood testing schedule, dumping syndrome management, and quick reference summary.
GP Guidance for patients post-overseas Bariatric surgery – Three-page guidance for New Zealand GPs on managing patients after overseas bariatric surgery, including responsibility for complications, follow-up approach, referral triggers, and medico-legal principles.
GP guidance for Surgical complications after Gastric bypass and Gastric Sleeve – Eight-page clinical overview of complications after gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, categorized by timing, with presentation, investigations, red flags, and management principles.
Managing post-Bariatric surgery patients when anatomy is unclear A practical guide for New Zealand General Practitioners – Three-page guide for New Zealand GPs on managing post-bariatric patients with unclear anatomy, covering safe principles, nutritional risks, avoiding NSAIDs, investigations like CT and barium swallow, and early referral.
Normal progress after Bariatric surgery- the first 12 months Guidance for New Zealand General Practitioners – Three-page guidance for New Zealand GPs on expected post-bariatric progress in the first year, covering weight loss trajectory, dietary progression, normal symptoms, and when to review or refer.
Wegovy® (Semaglutide) in Primary Care A practical guide for New Zealand General Practitioners – Five-page guide for New Zealand GPs on semaglutide for obesity, covering GLP-1 mechanism, effects, safe prescribing, titration, side effects, plateaus, outcomes, complications, and discontinuation.
Investigation and Management of Reflux Disease – A practical clinical guide for general practitioners on the assessment and management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Includes red flag symptoms, indications for urgent gastroscopy, and recommended investigation pathways for patients in Dunedin, Otago and Southland.