CORRELATION BETWEEN TYPES AND SEVERITY OF ANEMIA WITH OTHER COMORBIDITIES PRESENT IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS ADMITTED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN KOLKATA

Dr. Anirban Jana; Dr. Angshuman Jana; Dr. Arijit Majumdar; Dr. Babita Bag

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2017

CORRELATION BETWEEN TYPES AND SEVERITY OF ANEMIA WITH OTHER COMORBIDITIES PRESENT IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS ADMITTED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN KOLKATA

Dr. Anirban Jana, Dr. Angshuman Jana, Dr. Arijit Majumdar, Dr. Babita Bag

Abstract :

Due to the recent advancement in medical science ,life expectancy of a human being has gradually increased .By and large old people are worst & the most common sufferer from any disease & anaemia will rank very high & in elderly it is almost a constant co–morbidities with other chronic diseases that an elderly is very likely suffering from. The aim of the study shall be to find out different types of anaemia in geriatric population, it’s correlation with associated co–morbidities and also to identify the modifiable risk factors so that they can be useful in planning treatment strategy. This study was done in Department of General Medicine ,Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata among 100 randomly selected anaemic (Hb in male:<12g/dl, female <11g/dl) geriatric (age ≥60yrs) patients attending medicine outdoor, geriatric clinic and admitted in medicine indoor. Among 100 cases 43 are male and rest 57 are female .After analysing the data, it is established that iron deficiency ( 46%) & anaemia of chronic disease(43%) is most prevalent among elderly population. Majority of elderly population suffering from moderate (6 to 9g/dl) degree of anaemia. Severity of anaemia correlated with severity of co morbidities. Most of the cases anaemia is not related with the mini mental score. Though daily activities of living score is related with severity of anaemia. Constant association of anaemia with different co morbidities establish the importance of its’ recognition, evaluation and proper treatment & it has always some influence in the outcome and treatment of other co–morbidities.