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Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Anemia of Chronic Disease

Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Anemia of Chronic Disease

University of Arizona College of Medicine
Author(s):  
Serena Scott MD, Barry Weiss, MD
Sponsor: 
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
Geriatric Education Center (GEC)
Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)
POGOe Id: 
20843
Date Posted: 
06/30/2018
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
03/01/2018
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Abstract: 

Anemia of Chronic Disease is one of a continuing series of practical, evidence based, Provider Fact Sheets which summarize key geriatric topics and provide clinically useful assessments and interventions. Initially developed for remote, rural clinical sites, they are useful for students and health care professionals from many fields and across a very broad range of health care settings.

Educational objectives: 

Objectives:

  1. State the most common cause of anemia in older adults
  2. Identify the results of iron studies that are typically seen in anemia of chronic disease
  3. Implement appropriate treatment for patients who have anemia of chronic disease
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

Subscribers to POGOe are free to reprint Elder Care on their own stationery or in other publications without obtaining specific permission, so long as

  1. content is not changed,
  2. no one is charged a fee to use or read the publication,
  3. authors and their affiliated institutions are noted without change, and
  4. the reprint includes the following statement: “Reprinted courtesy of the Arizona Reynolds Program of Applied Geriatrics and the Arizona Geriatric Education Center."

Elder Care Provider Sheets can also be accessed at http://www.reynolds.med.arizona.edu/EduProducts/ElderCareProviderSheets.cfm.

Content Categories: 
Diseases
Intended learner audience: 
Fellow
Medical Student Pre-Clerkship
Medical Student Clinical
RN
Practicing Physician/CME
Resident
Discipline/specialty: 
Family Medicine
Internal Medicine
Pathophysiology
Estimated time to complete: 
30 minutes
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: 
No, I (we) have nothing to disclose.
Already Expired Email Date: 
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 1:38am
Already Expired Email 1 month date: 
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 1:39pm
Expires 6mos Email Date: 
Monday, September 21, 2020 - 11:16am
Expired Email Date: 
Thursday, October 28, 2021 - 1:40pm
Contact Person/Corresponding Author:
Laura Vitkus [email protected]


Suggested Citation:
Dr. Barry Weiss. Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Anemia of Chronic Disease. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2018 Available from: https://pogoe.org/productid/20843