Prevalence of iron deficiency in patients admitted to a geriatric unit: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Autor: Bertrand Fougère, François Puisieux, Pascal Chevalet, Cédric Annweiler, Emeline Michel, Laure Joly, Frédéric Blanc, Abdelghani EL Azouzi, Valérie Desré-Follet, Patrice Cacoub, on behalf of the CARENFER PA study group
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Geriatrics, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-024-04719-6
Popis: Abstract Background Iron deficiency (ID) is often associated with other comorbidities in older patients and is a factor of morbimortality. However, the prevalence of ID remains poorly documented in this population. Methods The CARENFER PA study was a French multicenter cross-sectional study whose objective was to evaluate ID in patients (> 75 years) admitted to a geriatric unit. The primary endpoint was the ID prevalence defined as: serum ferritin
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