Distortion of iron status indices by acute inflammation in older hospitalized patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-42

  Cunietti, Ettore ^a   Chiari, Maria Maddalena ^b   Monti, Massimo ^b   Engaddi, Ilaria ^b   Berlusconi, Aurelia ^b   Neri, Maria Cristina ^b   De Luca, Paolo ^b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi   (Italy)

^b Istituto Geriatrico Pio Albergo Trivulzio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Older patients; Sideropenic anemia

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PREALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INPATIENTS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 2442719956     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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