Clinicohematological Profile of Anemia in Hospitalized Elderly Patients
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
All elderly patients more than 60 years of age admitted in a tertiary care centre over a period of two years. It is a hospital based cross-sectional study in the department of medicine over a period of two years from October 2010 to October 2012 in which 116 patients were included in the study. Anemia is a common concern in older people and can have significant morbidity and mortality. Because anemia is a sign, not a diagnosis, an evaluation is almost always warranted to identify the underlying cause. The purpose of this study was to study the clinical profile of elderly patients with anemia and to study characteristics of haematological types of anemia in such patients as well as the closest possible etiological profile. The maximum number of patients (49 males and 31 females) was in age group of 60-69 years. The mean Haemoglobin in present study for males was lower (8.94 ± 1.98 gm/dl) as compared with female patients (9.12 ± 1.83 gm/dl). Normocytic anaemia was the most common anaemia with 61.21% followed by Microcytic anaemia18.1% followed by Macrocytic and Dimorphic anaemia 12 (10.34%). Number of male patients were more in each type of anaemia especially normocytic anaemia though in Microcytic anaemia number of female patients were more. The most commonly observed etiological factor was Chronic Kidney Disease (43.96%), followed by Pulmonary Koch (14.65%) and Alcoholic liver disease (10.34%). Rest of the etiological factors occurred in less than 10% of the cases.
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N. R. Humaney
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