Anemia: Its Impact on Hospitalizations and Length of Hospital Stay in Nursing Home and Community Older Adults

Association between body mass index and cause‐specific mortality as well as hospitalization in frail Chinese older adults

“…As anemia and chronic renal disease are common and important prognostic indicators for older adults, serum hemoglobin level and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR; estimated by Modified Diet for Renal Disease equation adjusted for the Chinese population) were also recorded. [15][16][17][18][19] Functional status was assessed using the functional independence measure, which is a valid and reliable method of measuring functional ability in older adults. [20][21][22] The functional independence measure has a total of 18 items divided into six major subgroups: self-care ability (eating, grooming, bathing, dressing upper body, dressing lower body, toileting), sphincter control (bladder control and bowel control), transfer (bed/chair transfer, toilet transfer, bathtub transfer), locomotion (walking on level ground, stair use), communication (comprehension and expression) and social/cognition (social interaction, problem-solving, memory).…”

Proposals for revised IWG 2018 hematological response criteria in patients with MDS included in clinical trials

“…This threshold is based on several studies linking an improvement of QoL and disease-specific outcomes with Hb levels. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] • LTB patients Apart from the definition of transfusion dependence and independence, another major criterion for the assessment of the erythroid response is the baseline Hb level, which according to IWG 2006 has to be ,11 g/dL before treatment in NTD patients.…”

“…On the other hand, treatment of anemia, including its accurate monitoring and assessment, is crucial for both the general improvement of the QoL of the patients as well as disease-specific outcomes. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] and North America followed the procedures used for the development of the current ELN guidelines on MDSs. 22 The consensus development was based on review of recent literature on the topic as well as recent clinical experience, especially in 3 recent randomized trials 9,10,23 using drugs (ESA or lenalidomide) to treat anemia of lower-risk MDSs, which served as a platform to identify pitfalls of current IWG 2006 guidelines.…”

Fractional Excretion of Sodium and Its Association with Prognosis of Decompensated Heart Failure Patients

“…Chronic and severe anaemia is associated with an increased likelihood of hospitalisations and an increased length of stay when hospitalised [9]. This has been ruled out in our study as haemoglobin in both groups was comparable.…”