Geriatric Men Research Articles

Geriatric hematology.

ABSTRACT:A comprehensive hematologic study was made on 400 geriatric subjects (200 males and 200 females) in a nursing home. All the subjects were ambulatory and were considered to represent a relatively “normal” group for the 70–80 and 81–94 age brackets. The purpose was to determine whether geriatric blood values are comparable to standard adult blood values, and whether sex, or age groups beyond 70 had any effect.The results indicated that geriatric hematologic values have a broader range (for both the high and low levels) than that of standard adult values. Also, there are quantitative differences in the mean values between geriatric men and women. There were no consistent indications that age beyond 70 affected the mean values for the geriatric group. No significant morphologic changes in the blood cells were observed.