Running on empty: anaemia in the elderly.
Mrs K, a 72-year-old woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis, reported gradual worsening of symptoms over the past two months, with fatigue and increased stiffness of the wrists and joints of the hands. Her primary therapy for rheumatoid arthritis was methotrexate 7.5 mg once-weekly. She rarely...
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| description | Mrs K, a 72-year-old woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis, reported gradual worsening of symptoms over the past two months, with fatigue and increased stiffness of the wrists and joints of the hands. Her primary therapy for rheumatoid arthritis was methotrexate 7.5 mg once-weekly. She rarely took non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Her haemoglobin level had dropped from 12.5 g/dL to 9.2 g/dL (12-16 g/dL) over the past three months. Her serum ferritin was 120 mug/L (15-300 mug/L). |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-591852018-03-28T06:37:37Z Running on empty: anaemia in the elderly. Chalmers, Leanne Peterson, G. Mrs K, a 72-year-old woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis, reported gradual worsening of symptoms over the past two months, with fatigue and increased stiffness of the wrists and joints of the hands. Her primary therapy for rheumatoid arthritis was methotrexate 7.5 mg once-weekly. She rarely took non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Her haemoglobin level had dropped from 12.5 g/dL to 9.2 g/dL (12-16 g/dL) over the past three months. Her serum ferritin was 120 mug/L (15-300 mug/L). 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59185 https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=003213113261420;res=IELHEA Pharmaceutical Society of Australia restricted |
| spellingShingle | Chalmers, Leanne Peterson, G. Running on empty: anaemia in the elderly. |
| title | Running on empty: anaemia in the elderly. |
| title_full | Running on empty: anaemia in the elderly. |
| title_fullStr | Running on empty: anaemia in the elderly. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Running on empty: anaemia in the elderly. |
| title_short | Running on empty: anaemia in the elderly. |
| title_sort | running on empty: anaemia in the elderly. |
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