Ronald S Go Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Oncology, Epidemiology, Clinical Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Pathology
Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, New York, USA
Ronald S Go works in the department of Hematology at the Mayo Clinic Rochester and is interested in the fields of Pathology, Public Health, Internal Medicine (General Medicine), Oncology
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Ariela L Marshall, Xin Zhang, Brad Lewis, Sunanda Kane and Ronald S Go
Background: Iron deficiency is a common cause of anemia, and etiologies differ by sex. Endoscopic procedures are often utilized to search for a source of gastrointestinal blood loss in patients with iron deficiency, but sex-based differences in patterns of workup have not been well characterized.
Methods: We performed a retrospective review of all patients at Mayo Clinic who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), colonoscopy, or both between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015 for an indication of “anemia” or “iron deficiency anemia” and analyzed the data for evidence of sex-based differences in procedure outcomes.
Results: 999 procedures were performed; 455 (46%) proc... view moreĀ»