GASTRO-INTESTINAL BLEEDING— A MAJOR CAUSE OF IRON DEFICIENCY IN THE ELDERLY
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 10 (1) , 40-43
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/10.1.40
Abstract
Iron deficiency of 10 g/dl haemoglobin or less was found in 18 (3.5%) of 511 patients admitted in one year to the Middlesex Hospital Geriatric Unit. Three patients were frail and not investigated. Gastro-intestinal lesions were demonstrated in all remaining 15 patients and specific therapy was instituted in 10 cases. Surgery was performed for colonic cancer at a resectable stage (Dukes B) in two cases. Patients with iron deficiency require adequate gastro-enterological investigation.Keywords
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