Anemia in the Elderly

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Balducci, Lodovico (Editor), Ershler, William B. (Editor), Bennett, John M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Hematology.; Nephrology.; Geriatrics.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Internal Medicine.

Anemia is found in approximately 80% of elderly patients, most often caused by chronic disease and iron deficiency. Hemopoiesis is a crossroad for many aging-related events. Why do older patients become anemic? When should a diagnostic work up of anemia be initiated in the older person? What are the...

Table of Contents:

• Stem Cell Aging: Potential Effects on Health and Mortality
• Anemia and Aging or Anemia of Aging?
• B12 and Iron Deficiency in the Elderly
• The Anemia of Chronic Inflammation
• Anemia due to Chronic Kidney Disease in the Elderly
• Anemia in Long-Term Care
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Aplastic Anemia: Pathologic and Immunologic Implications
• Anemia and Cancer
• Erythropoietin Deficiency and Late-Life Anemia
• Anemia and Physical Health Decline in Old Age.