title: [Analysis of the causes and clinical course of anemia in elderly patients].
abstract: Anamnesis of patients treated for anemia at the Department of Internal and Occupational Diseases in Zabrze in 1984-1988 were analysed. It was found that the incidence of anemia in patients over 60 years of age was significantly higher. Decreased function of hematopoietic system, more frequent deficits of factors indispensable for the normal erythropoiesis, i.e. iron and vitamin B12, and coexisting diseases, especially neoplasms and uremia, predispose to anemia in this age group. Anemia seen in the group of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 was most probably a result of the chronic treatment with sulfonylurea derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych i Zawodowych Sl. AM.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sroczyński
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Krupa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rudzki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gumprecht
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bodzenta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology*; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000209:etiology; D000756:Anemia, Sideroblastic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Analiza przyczyn i przebiegu niedokrwistości u osób w wieku podeszłym.