Prevalence and outcomes of anemia in geriatrics: A systematic review of the literature

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 7 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 3-10

  Beghé, Claudia ^a   Wilson, Alisa ^b   Ershler, William B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Zynx Health   (United States)

^c Pediatric Hematology/Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYTOKINE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEMIA; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA BASE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FATIGUE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NURSING HOME; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842420441     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.12.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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