Clinical Evaluation of Anemia in Geriatric Patients - A Cross Sectional Study Conducted at Tertiary Care Hospital

• Main Authors: Sfurti Mann (Author), Amit Kumar (Author), Shiv Kumar Singh (Author), Surbhi Katyal (Author), Gaurav Chopra (Author), Sanjeev Kumar Varma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medsci Publications, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Anemia in the elderly (age>65 years) is defined as a hemoglobin concentration below 12 gm/dl and 13gm/dl in women and men respectively. This decrease in oxygen carrying capacity can lead to overall decline in physical quality of life, disability and hospitalization at higher rates t...