TY - JOUR
T1 - Interpretation of laboratory results in the elderly. 1. A clinician's guide to hematologic and hepatorenal function tests
AU - Gambert, S. R.
AU - Csuka, M. E.
AU - Duthie, E. H.
AU - Tiegs, R.
PY - 1982/1/1
Y1 - 1982/1/1
N2 - Applying the established normal values for common laboratory tests to elderly patients may present a problem for the clinician. The aging process affects many of the body's physiologic functions, causing some obvious and some subtle modifications in laboratory values. Thus, proper delivery of health care to the elderly depends in part on the physician's ability to detect when an abnormal test result is significant. This article discusses hemoglobin, hematrocrit, ESR, and liver and renal function tests. Part 2, to be published in a subsequent issue, will discuss endocrine tests.
AB - Applying the established normal values for common laboratory tests to elderly patients may present a problem for the clinician. The aging process affects many of the body's physiologic functions, causing some obvious and some subtle modifications in laboratory values. Thus, proper delivery of health care to the elderly depends in part on the physician's ability to detect when an abnormal test result is significant. This article discusses hemoglobin, hematrocrit, ESR, and liver and renal function tests. Part 2, to be published in a subsequent issue, will discuss endocrine tests.
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U2 - 10.1080/00325481.1982.11716189
DO - 10.1080/00325481.1982.11716189
M3 - Article
C2 - 7122336
AN - SCOPUS:0020385067
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 72
SP - 147
EP - 152
JO - Postgraduate medicine
JF - Postgraduate medicine
IS - 3
ER -