Holt JM, Mayet FG, Warner GT, Callender ST, Gunning AJ. Iron absorption and blood loss in patients with hiatus hernia.
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1968;
3:22-5. [PMID:
5301883 PMCID:
PMC1989480 DOI:
10.1136/bmj.3.5609.22]
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Abstract
Iron absorption was measured in 28 patients, 19 of whom were anaemic. The mean absorption in the anaemic patients was 39% and in the non-anaemic patients 8%. Gastrointestinal blood loss was then measured in 26 of these patients. The mean estimated blood loss in the anaemic patients was 15 ml. a day and in the non-anaemic patients 3 ml. a day. In 16 of the 19 anaemic patients symptoms of anaemia were either the sole or the major complaint.
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