Singler K (2018)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2018
Book Volume: 51
Pages Range: 157-159
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-017-1357-5
Anemia and chronic heart failure are frequent comorbidities in geriatric patients. In approximately one third of older adults the cause of the anemia is an iron, vitamin B12 and/or folate deficiency and in another third a chronic inflammatory process is present. In the case of iron deficiency a differentiation must be made between the absolute and functional forms. Although in functional iron deficiency ferritin, as a parameter of iron metabolism, is within the normal range or can even be higher, an iron-deficient erythropoiesis is present. In cardiac insufficiency a chronic inflammatory process is assumed. According to the recent guidelines of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kardiologie (DGK, German Cardiac Society) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC) a routine contol of the iron status should be performed and, if necessary, initiation of adequate supplementation is recommended.
APA:
Singler, K. (2018). Iron, a "miralcle cure" for chronic cardiac insufficiency? Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 51(2), 157-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-017-1357-5
MLA:
Singler, Katrin. "Iron, a "miralcle cure" for chronic cardiac insufficiency?" Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie 51.2 (2018): 157-159.
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