Cobalamin deficiency in elderly patients

JG Ray, DEC Cole - CMAJ, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
We agree with Malvinder Parmar that the role of anion-binding resins in the treatment of
CDAD needs to be studied further. Anion-binding resins, such as cholestyramine and …

Oral cobalamin remains medicine's best kept secret

ID Graham, N Jette, J Tetroe, N Robinson… - Archives of gerontology …, 2007 - Elsevier
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in order to describe the use of oral cobalamin
among geriatricians, hematologists, and general practitioners, and to explore factors related …

Treating C. difficile

MS Parmar - CMAJ, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
We agree with Malvinder Parmar that the role of anion-binding resins in the treatment of
CDAD needs to be studied further. Anion-binding resins, such as cholestyramine and …

Oral cobalamin for pernicious anemia: back from the verge of extinction

FA Lederle - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: High dose oral cobalamin therapy was shown to be effective for pernicious
anemia and other cobalamin deficiency states 30 years ago, and physicians and patients …

Gerontologic nurse practitioner care guidelines: Vitamin B12 deficiency in older adults

AS Luggen - 2006 - Elsevier
Nearly 15% of older adults have a vitamin B12 (also called cobalamin or extrinsic factor)
deficiency. 1 In older adults, it is usually related to malabsorption of foods containing this …

[HTML][HTML] Cobalamin deficiency in the elderly

G Marchi, F Busti, AL Zidanes, A Vianello… - … journal of hematology …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Older people are at risk for cobalamin (vitamin B 12) deficiency because of a number of
common disorders (eg, autoimmune gastritis) and drugs (eg, antacids) that may alter its …

High prevalence of cobalamin deficiency in elderly outpatients

LC Pennypacker, RH Allen, JP Kelly… - Journal of the …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To measure the prevalence of cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency in geriatric
outpatients as documented by both low serum cobalamin levels and elevations of serum …

Haptocorrin (transcobalamin I) and cobalamin deficiencies

R Carmel - Clinical chemistry, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Based on analyses in cobalamin-deficient patients before and after therapy, Morkbak and
colleagues (1) confirm our finding that cobalamin concentrations correlate with haptocorrin …

Update on Oral Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) Treatment in Elderly Patients

E Andres, T Vogel, L Federici, J Zimmer, G Kaltenbach - Drugs & aging, 2008 - Springer
The objective of this review is to evaluate the usefulness of oral cobalamin (vitamin B 12)
treatment in elderly patients. PubMed was systematically searched for English and French …

[PDF][PDF] Oral cobalamin therapy: It may be perhaps time to propose international recommendations?

E Andrès - La Presse Médicale, 2012 - academia.edu
In most countries, the classic treatment for cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency is based on
parenteral administration-as intramuscular injections-in the form of cyanocobalamin and …