Anemia nas doenças inflamatórias intestinais: prevalência e fatores de risco

Abstract

Anemia difficult to treat is a clinical manifestation commonly seen in patients with inflammatory bowel disease , being responsible for significant impairment in quality of life of these patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate, in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, the prevalence and factors risk of anemia and possible etiologies of anemia in their possible occurrence. In this cross-sectional study of adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were recruited, of which: 100 patients with Crohn's disease and 100 patients with ulcerative colitis, diagnosed and regularly followed at the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases , University Hospital, Federal University of Juiz de Fora , for haematological, biochemical and immunological evaluation. Blood samples ( 20 ml ) were obtained and the following examinations were performed in all patients: CBC, MCV, MCH , CHCM , platelets , folic acid, vitamin B12 , reticulocytes , transferrin saturation index , ferritin , serum iron, CRP and ESR . For the diagnosis of anemia the same criteria of WHO (World Health Organization) were adopted . Was considered Iron Deficiency Anemia when there was a decrease in serum iron levels ( < 37 mg / dl for women and < 59 g / dl for men ) , ferritin (< 30μg/l - in the absence of clinical, laboratory data or endoscopic intestinal inflammation and <100 mg / l - in the presence of any of these data) , the ratio of transferrin saturation (<16 %). Anemia was considered the Crohnic Disease Anemia when there was a decrease in serum iron levels (< 37 mg / dl for women and < 59 g / dl for men), elevated ferritin ( > 100μg / l ) and decreased transferrin saturation index (<16 %). - in the presence of clinical, laboratory and endoscopic data of intestinal inflammation and Mix Anemia when there was a decrease in serum iron levels ( < 37 mg / dl for women and < 59 g / dl for men) and ferritin between 30 and 100μg / l . Anemia were classified into hiporregenerative when absolute reticulocyte count was below 50,000 and normoproliferative or normorregenerative when the absolute reticulocyte count was above 100,000.