(2010) The evolving clinical scenario of myelodysplastic syndrome: The need for a complete and up to date upfront diagnostic assessment. European Journal of Internal Medicine 21 , 490-495 /Joosten E (2004) Strategies for the laboratory diagnosis of some common causes of anaemia in elderly ...
Introduction: Anaemia is common in the elderly. Little is known regarding anaemia in hospitalised elderly patients in South Africa. A retrospective study determined the prevalence and causes of anaemia in elderly patients hospitalised for acute medical problems. Methods: Patients with anaemia were ...
Other causes of anaemia, such as myelodysplastic syndromes and chronic renal insufficiency, will become more and more common in the elderly because of the ageing of the population. Although erythropoietin analysis has no clear diagnostic value at the moment, it has become more and more obvious ...
Because of the wide range of possible symptoms, many of which can also occur as a result of other conditions,vitamin B12 deficiency may not be recognized immediately.8If a person has any reason to suspect the condition, it is important that they inform their healthcare practitioner. In babies...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has no proven causal and modifiable risk factors, or effective interventions. We report a phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) of genetic liability for AD in 334,968 participants of the UK Biobank study, stratified by age. We
This condition is uncommon and usually affects people overthe age of60, with more than 75% of cases occurring in those aged 55 to 85. As it advances, it canweaken bones, causeanaemia, anddamage the kidneys. Common symptoms include bone pain, tiredness, frequent infections, and unexplained ...
Most geriatric patients with severe anaemia present to the emergency room for upper digestive hemorrhage. This article will focus especially on this pathology, with a complete description of the causes and treatment methods in these patients. 展开 关键词: anaemia chronic disease emergency department ...
·There is dyspnoea inMitral Stenosis, at first on exertion, later at rest. The most common and often only symptom of MS is dyspnea, which occurs in up to 70 percent of symptomatic patients · Dyspnoea may be precipitated by fever, cough, anaemia, AF, tachycardia, pregnancy, thyrotoxi...
of diseases that may cause BMD-like symptoms. A much debated issue concerns the possible role of iron-deficiency anaemia and pernicious anaemia caused by lack of vitamin B12. Diabetes mellitus is another example of a systemic disease that has been discussed in relation to BMD. Because of the ...
Clonal hematopoiesis (CH), the clonal expansion of a blood stem cell and its progeny driven by somatic driver mutations, affects over a third of people, yet remains poorly understood. Here we analyze genetic data from 200,453 UK Biobank participants to m