MANAGEMENT OF ANEMIA IN THE ELDERLY
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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2020)Artículos

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2020)

MANAGEMENT OF ANEMIA IN THE ELDERLY

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Keywords

aged anemia
diagnosis anemia
classification anemia
etiology anemia
therapy chronic disease
complications fragility

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Solano Sandí, L. A., Pabón, C., & Chuprine Sisfontes, K. (2020). MANAGEMENT OF ANEMIA IN THE ELDERLY. Revista Ciencia Y Salud, 4(3), Pág. 123–131. https://doi.org/10.34192/cienciaysalud.v4i3.154

Abstract

Anemia is a common pathology in the elderly, which leads to an increase in the morbidity and mortality of this age group. It is directly associated with fragility and functional loss, as well as with vascular pathologies, and is itself a cardiovascular risk factor. Its etiology is very varied and there is often more than one cause involved (nutritional deficiencies, chronic diseases, myelodysplastic syndromes

and anemia of unknown origin of the elderly), because of this the diagnostic approach is broad, however, it is based on the evaluation of a complete blood count with reticulocyte distribution as the first step in its evaluation. The management of each patient will depend on the direct cause of anemia, which may include iron supplementation in case of iron deficiency anemia, red blood cell transfusion, erythropoietin, among others

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