A new study by researchers at University of Limerick in Ireland has found high rates of anaemia among patients in the Irish health system, while screening for common causes was found to be low.
The research study carried out by a team at University of Limerick School of Medicine found that substantial numbers of men and women in the health system had anaemia, the presence of which is strongly associated with high rates of hospitalisation, death, and poor quality of life.
Anaemia (a low level of haemoglobin in the body) is a common but treatable condition that predicts adverse clinical outcomes. It affects nearly two billion people across the globe and is the third-leading cause of years with lived disability in the world.
While the study revealed a high burden of patients with the condition, it found that there were relatively low rates of screening for treatable causes of anaemia,…
