Update of nutrient-deficiency anemia in elderly patients.
Anemia, defined as a hemoglobin level < 13 g/dL in men and < 12 g/dL in women, is an important healthcare concern among the elderly. Nutrient-deficiency anemia represents one third of all anemias in elderly patients. About two thirds of nutrient-deficiency anemia is associated with iron deficiency and most of those cases are the result of chronic blood loss from gastrointestinal lesions. The remaining cases of nutrient-deficiency anemia are usually associated with vitamin B12, most frequently related to food-cobalamin malabsorption, and/or folate deficiency and are easily treated (nutrient-deficiency replacement).
Andrès
Emmanuel
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Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. emmanuel.andres@chru-strasbourg.fr
Federici
Laure
L
Serraj
Khalid
K
Kaltenbach
Georges
G
D000368:Aged; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy