Treatable factors associated with severe anaemia in adults admitted to medical wards in Blantyre, Malawi, an area of high HIV seroprevalence

Severe anaemia is a common presentation in non-pregnant adults admitted to hospital in southern Africa. Standard syndromic treatment based on data from the pre-HIV era is for iron deficiency, worms and malaria. We prospectively investigated 105 adults admitted consecutively to medical wards with hae...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2005-08, Vol.99 (8), p.561-567
Hauptverfasser:	Lewis, David K., Whitty, Christopher J.M., Walsh, Amanda L., Epino, Henry, Broek, Nynke R. van den, Letsky, Elizabeth A., Munthali, Clyton, Mukiibi, Joshua M., Boeree, Martin J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over AIDS AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - complications Anaemia Anemia - etiology Anemia - pathology Anemia - therapy Anemias. Hemoglobinopathies Bacteremia - complications Bacterial infections Biological and medical sciences Diseases of red blood cells Female Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases HIV HIV Seroprevalence Hookworm Infections - complications Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Malawi - epidemiology Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Prospective Studies Risk Factors Sub-Saharan Africa Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - complications Viral diseases Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Zusammenfassung:	Severe anaemia is a common presentation in non-pregnant adults admitted to hospital in southern Africa. Standard syndromic treatment based on data from the pre-HIV era is for iron deficiency, worms and malaria. We prospectively investigated 105 adults admitted consecutively to medical wards with haemoglobin
ISSN:	0035-9203 1878-3503
DOI:	10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.01.002