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Inpatients who underwent Cb blood level determination during a 6-week study period were eligible.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>380 consecutive adult patients were included. The three most common indications for Cb assessment were anaemia (62.6%), cognitive impairment (20.2%) and undernutrition (17.4%). Traditional indications (ie, macrocytic non-regenerative anaemia, isolated macrocytosis, dementia and proprioceptive disorders) accounted for only 33.9% of all tests. Cb deficiency was identified in 40 (10.5%) of the 380 patients tested. Overall, traditional indications were not associated with a significantly higher prevalence of patients with low Cb levels than current guidelines (14% vs 8.8%; p=0.119). Non-regenerative macrocytic anaemia was the only indication with a significantly better performance compared to all other indications (11 of 62 patients (17.7%) vs 29 of 318 patients (9.1%); OR 2.15 (1.01\u22124.57), p=0.047). The main aetiological causes of Cb deficiency were intake deficiency, pernicious anaemia and food-Cb malabsorption. Homocysteine or methylmalonic acid dosage testing was very rarely performed.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Traditional indications did not perform better than other indications observed in current practice for identifying low Cb levels among inpatients from internal medicine departments. 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