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© 1981 Oxford University Press

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GASTRO-INTESTINAL BLEEDING— A MAJOR CAUSE OF IRON DEFICIENCY IN THE ELDERLY

J. R. CROKER, Senior Registrar and G. BEYNON, Consultant Geriatrician

The Middlesex Hospital Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA

Iron deficiency of 10 g/dl haemoglobin or less was found in 18 (3.5%) of 511 patients admitted in one year to the Middlesex Hospital Geriatric Unit. Three patients were frail and not investigated. Gastro-intestinal lesions were demonstrated in all remaining 15 patients and specific therapy was instituted in 10 cases. Surgery was performed for colonic cancer at a resectable stage (Dukes B) in two cases. Patients with iron deficiency require adequate gastro-enterological investigation.


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