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The structure of anemia in geriatric patients of therapeutic and surgical profile
https://doi.org/10.30629/0023-2149-2025-103-12-907-912
Abstract
Objective: the study objective is to identify etiological factors and pathogenetic mechanisms of anemia development in geriatric patients hospitalized in therapeutic and surgical departments.
Material and methods. А retrospective analysis of 415 elderly, senile and long-lived patients hospitalized in the therapeutic departments, urological and gynecological departments of the Irkutsk Regional Clinical Hospital, who were diagnosed with anemia during the examination, was carried out.
Results. An analysis of medical records showed that 3,632 patients over the age of 60 were treated in the departments. The incidence of anemia was 11.4% among all hospitalized patients over the age of 60. Of the examined patients, women predominated in 61% of cases. Anemia of mild severity was diagnosed in 50% of patients. Anemia of chronic diseases prevailed in the structure of anemia and was diagnosed in 208 (50%) patients, iron deficiency anemia was detected in 91 (22%) patients.
Conclusions. Thus, as a result of the study, the structure of anemia was revealed in elderly, senile and long-lived patients hospitalized at the Irkutsk Regional Clinical Hospital. The high prevalence of anemia of chronic diseases in this age group was revealed, due to the comorbidity of geriatric patients and the multifactorial genesis of anemia. The above causes the difficulty of diagnosing anemia in patients over 60 years of age.
About the Authors
A. A. Ryshchuk
Irkutsk Regional Clinical Hospital of the Order of the Badge of Honor of the Ministry of Health of the Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anastasia A. Ryshchuk — hematologist
Irkutsk
О. А. Rukavitsyn
Main Military Clinical Hospital named after academician N.N. Burdenko of the Ministry of defense of the Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Оleg А. Rukavitsyn — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Chief Hematologist of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Head of the Hematology Center
Moscow
N. O. Saraeva
Irkutsk State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalya O. Saraeva — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Hospital Therapy, Chief freelance specialist hematologist of the Ministry of Health of the Irkutsk Region
Irkutsk
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