Predictors of endoscopic and laboratory evaluation of iron deficiency anemia in hospitalized patients

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 976-984

  Ioannou, George N ^b   Spector, Jeremy ^b   Rockey, Don C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Ferritin; Gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FORECASTING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 35148871322     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181520392     Document Type: Article

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