Anemia in the Elderly addresses these and many other important questions with a review of the most recent findings:

• Why do older patients become anemic?
• When should a diagnostic work up of anemia be initiated in the older person?
• What are the clinical consequences of anemia?
• Can the treatment of anemia delay aging?
• Have erythropoietic growth factors played a role in age-related anemia?
• Who should receive an erythropoietin stimulating agent?
• When should the suspicion for Myelodysplastic Syndrome be ruled out and what are the clues?

Contents

1. Stem cell aging: Potential Effects on Health and Mortality
2. Anemia and Aging or Anemia of Aging?
3. B₁₂ and Iron Deficiency in the Elderly
4. The Anemia of Chronic Inflammation (ACI)
5. Anemia Due to Chronic Kidney Disease in the Elderly
6. Anemia in Long-Term Care
7. Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Aplastic Anemia: Pathologic and Immunologic Implications
8. Anemia and cancer
9. Erythropoietin Deficiency and Late-Life Anemia
10. Anemia and Physical Health Decline in Old Age

Index

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