Frequency of Anemia in the Patients of a Family Health Team in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Anemia is a clinical manifestation with high prevalence in the world, reaching about 30% of the total inhabitants of the planet. It is responsible for a great reduction in quality of life of affected people. The present paper aimed to obtain the frequency of anemia in the blood counts of a sample fr...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Lachi, Cássia Barbosa Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Anemia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/836184
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description Anemia is a clinical manifestation with high prevalence in the world, reaching about 30% of the total inhabitants of the planet. It is responsible for a great reduction in quality of life of affected people. The present paper aimed to obtain the frequency of anemia in the blood counts of a sample from the population of registered patients of a Family Health Team in Dourados, MS, Brazil. 462 patients, who had blood counts done from February 2008 to March 2009, were included in this research. The frequency of anemia was 22.7% in the studied population, including all age groups.
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spelling doaj-art-8e11fac67d37406bb81c0c248561c6762025-02-03T06:10:59ZengWileyAnemia2090-12672090-12752011-01-01201110.1155/2011/836184836184Frequency of Anemia in the Patients of a Family Health Team in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, BrazilTatiana Lachi0Cássia Barbosa Reis1Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Rua João Rosa Goes no. 1761, Vila Progresso, Caixa Postal 322, 79825-070 Dourados, MS, BrazilUniversidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Cidade Universitária de Dourados, Caixa Postal 351, 79804-970 Dourados, MS, BrazilAnemia is a clinical manifestation with high prevalence in the world, reaching about 30% of the total inhabitants of the planet. It is responsible for a great reduction in quality of life of affected people. The present paper aimed to obtain the frequency of anemia in the blood counts of a sample from the population of registered patients of a Family Health Team in Dourados, MS, Brazil. 462 patients, who had blood counts done from February 2008 to March 2009, were included in this research. The frequency of anemia was 22.7% in the studied population, including all age groups.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/836184
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