The red cell diameter width distribution, the forgotten haematological parameter for anaemia in the older person

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-4

  Batool, S ^a   Wang, Q ^a,b   Qureshi, S ^a   Chua, E ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Elderly; Folate; Iron status; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MICROCYTOSIS; NORMAL VALUE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875225462     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. R. Yip, and P.R. Dallman The role of inflammation and iron deficiency as causes of anaemia Am J Clin Nutr 48 1988 1295 1300
2. A.M. Konijn, and C. Hershko The anaemia of chronic inflammation and chronic disease M. de Sousa, J.H. Brock, Iron in immunity, cancer and inflammation 1989 John Wiley and Sons Chichester 111 143
3. R. Clarke, J. Grimely Evans, and H. Refsum Vitamin B12 and folate deficiency in old people Age Ageing 33 2004 34 41
4. S. Loikas, P. Koskinen, and K. Irjala Vitamin B12 deficiency in the age: a population-based study Age Ageing 36 2007 177 183
5. E. Andres, S. Affenberger, and S. Vinzio Food cobalamine malabsorption in elderly patients: clinical manifestations and treatment Am J Med 118 2005 1154 1159
6. A.C. Looker, P.R. Dallman, and M.D. Carroll Prevalence of iron deficiency in the United States JAMA 277 1997 973 976
7. G.J. Izaks, R.G.J. Westendrp, and D.L. Knook The definition of anaemia in older persons JAMA 1714 1999 1714 1717
8. World Health Organisation. Nutritional anaemias. Report of a WHO scientific group. Technical report series No. 405. Geneva: WHO; 1968.
9. A.F. Goddard, M.W. James, A.S. McIntye, and B.B. Scott Guildlines for the management of iron deficiency anaemia, London Br Soc Gastroenterol 16 2005 1 8
10. E. Joosten, W. Pelemans, M. Hiele, J. Noyen, R. Verhaeghe, and M.A. Boogaerts Prevalence and causes of anaemia in a geriatric hospitalized population Gerontology 38 1992 111 117
11. M. Worwood The laboratory assessment of iron status-an update Clin Chimica Acta 259 1997 3 23
12. E. Joosten, B. Ghesquiere, and H. Linthoudt Upper and lower gastrointestinal evaluation of elderly inpatients who are iron deficient Am J Med 107 1999 24 29
13. G. Casale, C. Bonora, and A. Migliavacca Serum ferritin and ageing Age Ageing 10 1981 119 122
14. D.L. Witte Can serum ferritin be effectively interpreted in the presence of the acute-phase response? Clin Chem 37 1991 484 485
15. G.H. Guyatt, C. Patterson, and M. Ali Diagnosis of iron-deficiency anaemia in the elderly Am J Med 88 1990 205 209
16. W.N. Patton, R.J. Cave, and R.I. Harris A study of changes in red cell volume and haemoglobin concentration during phlebotomy induced iron deficiency and iron repletion using the Technicon HI Clin Lab Haematol 13 153 1991
17. B.M. Schultz, and M.L. Freedman Iron deficiency in the elderly Bailleres Clin Haematol 1 1987 291 313
18. M.M. Flynn, T.S. Reppun, and N.V. Bhagavan Limitations of the red cell diameter with distribution volume in evaluating microcytosis Am J Clin Pathol 85 1986 445 449
19. W. Thompson, T. Meola, and M. Lipkin The utility of the RDW MCV and transferin saturation in the diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia Arch Intern Med 148 1988 2128 2130
20. W. Thompson, C. Cassino, and L. Babitz Hypersegmentated neutrophils and vitamin B12 deficiency Acta Haematol 8 1989 186 191
21. Brocklehurst's textbook of geriatric medicine and gerontology. In: Tallis R, Fillit H, editors. 6th ed. Chapter 98. Blood disorders and their management. Churchill Livingstone; 2003. p. 1231.