Prevalence and prognostic impact of anemia and iron deficiency in patients hospitalized in an internal medicine ward: The PRO-IRON study

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 505-513

  Fonseca, Cândida ^a,b   Araújo, Manuel ^a   Moniz, Patrícia ^a   Marques, Filipa ^a,b   Araújo, Inês ^a,b   Costa, Luís ^a   Rodrigues, Joana ^a   Frade, Luciana ^a   Botella, Arturo ^a,b   Jesus, Susana ^a,b   Leitão, Ana ^a,b   Campos, Luís ^a,b  

^a Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental   (Portugal)

^b NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

anemia; internal medicine ward; iron deficiency; prevalence; prognosis; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; UREA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGE; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERNAL MEDICINE WARD; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MODERATE RENAL IMPAIRMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE RENAL IMPAIRMENT; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSFERRIN SATURATION PERCENTAGE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY; WARD; BLOOD; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85031325335     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12963     Document Type: Article

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