Anemia in the elderly. Urgent need for guidelines;Anämie im Alter.Dringlicher Bedarf an einer Leitlinie

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 182-185

  Rohrig G ^a,b   Schulz, R J ^a,b  

^a St Marien Hospital Köln   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Disease management; Elderly; Geriatrics; Guideline

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84859647809     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-012-0321-7     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Anía BJ et al (1997) Incidence of anemia in older people: an epidemiologic study in a well defined population. J Am Geriatr Soc 45(7): 825-831.
2. BÄK, KBV, AWMF (Hrsg) (2011) Nationale VersorgungsLeitlinie Chronische Herzinsuffizienz. Langfassung Version 1. 4, AWMF-Register nvl/006. http://www. versorgungsleitlinien. de/themen/herzinsuffizienz/pdf/nvl_hi_lang. pdf.
3. Batinac T et al (2009) Significance of continuous medical education of general practitioners about common disease - iron deficiency anemia. Coll Antropol 33(4): 1191-1196.
4. Beard et al (1997) Risk of Alzheimer's disease among elderly people with anemia: population based investigations in Olmsted County, Minjnesota. Ann Epidemiol 7: 219-224.
5. Beghé C et al (2004) Prevalence and outcomes of anemia in geriatrics: a systematic review of the literature. Am J Med 116: 3S-10S.
6. Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft (DKG) (2008) Kurzgefasste interdisziplinäre Leitlinien 2008. Empfehlungen zu Diagnostik und Therapie maligner Erkrankungen. Leitlinie O1: Anämie bei Tumorpatienten. Zuckschwerdt, Germering.
7. Eisenstaedt R et al (2006) Anemia in the elderly: current understanding and emerging concepts. Blood Rev 20(4): 213-226.
8. Gaskell H et al (2008) Prevalence of anaemia in older persons: systematic review. BMC Geriatr 8: 1.
9. Guralnik JM et al (2005) Anemia in the elderly: a public health crisis in hematology. Hematology Am Soc hematol Educ Program 528-532.
10. Guralnik JM et al (2004) Prevalence of anemia in persons 65 years and older in the United States: evidence for a high rate of unexplained anemia. Blood 104(8): 2263-2268.
11. Joosten E et al (1992) Prevalence and causes of anaemia in a geriatric hospitalized population. Gerontology 38(1-2): 111-117.
12. Kikuchi M et al (2001) Five-year survival of older people with anemia: variation with haemoglobin concentration. J Am Geriatr Soc 49: 1226-1228.
13. Klossok W, Kaul I, Schulz RJ, Röhrig G (2011) Erfassung von Prävalenz und Versorgungsmaßnahmen der Anämie bei geriatrischen Patienten in der Zentralen Notaufnahme der Uniklinik Köln. Z Gerontol Geriatr 44(Suppl 1): 75.
14. American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) (2007) Anemia in the long-term care setting. American Medical Directors Association (AMDA), Columbia/MD, p 28.
15. Puyvelde K van et al (2009) Anaemia in the elderly. Acta Clin Belg 64(4): 292-302.
16. Salive et al (1992) Anemia and hemoglobin levels in older persons: relationship with age, gender and health status. J Am Geriatr Soc 40: 489-496.
17. Smith DL (2000) Anemia in the elderly. Am Fam Physician 62(7): 1565-1572.
18. Wedding U et al (2007) Health services research and geriatrics: deficits and research approaches using the exmaple of colorectal carcinoma and anaemia. Z Aerztl Fortbil Qualitaetssich 101(9): 587-592.
19. Yates JM et al (2004) Iron deficiency anemia in general practice: clinical outcomes over three years and factors influencing diagnostic investigations. Postgrad Med J 80(945): 405-410.
20. Zilinski J, Zillmann R, Kaul I et al (2011) Entwicklung eines Screening-Instrumentes zum Erfassen geriatrischen Handlungsbedarfs im klinischen Alltag bei älteren Patienten mit Anämie. Z Gerontol Geriatr 44(Suppl 1) 38.