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Anemia of geriatric patients
2022
Physiology International
Anemia is a common finding in the elderly. Approximately 10 percent of the elderly suffers from anemia. Anemia per se is an independent factor of mortality in older patients regardless its cause. Frailty is also frequent in geriatric patients. That means that there is a decreased reserve capacity to react to different stress factors including anemia. The frequent presence of heart failure and also impaired cerebrovascular circulation makes more difficult to tolerate anemia in older age. Anemia
doi:10.1556/2060.2022.00218
pmid:35895570
fatcat:lnwfrygjqvbejjef5fqrunr5vu