The anemia of the old and oldest-old patients hospitalized in Internal Medicine: a very high rate of anemia of chronic disease and multifactorial anemia

Anemia is highgly prevalent among elderly and few previous studies have focused on hospitalized medical patients aged ≥ 75 years. During a four-months period of this single center prospective cohort study, 508 patients were admitted and studied with a standardized set of blood tests. Anemia, define...

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Main Authors: Federico Silvestri, Renzo Pozzo, Andrea Barbi, Antonella Labombarda, Marco Zaramella, Igor Bramuzzo, Elisa Mansutti, Laura Perale, Adolfo Rogato, Francesca Zanini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2020-05-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/1282