The Aging Kidney in Health and Disease

by Nunez, Juan F. Macias, Ph.D.; Cameron, J. Stewart; Oreopoulos, Dimitrios G.

• ISBN13: 9780387726588
• ISBN10: 0387726586
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-19
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This volume will be a reliable source on the management of the elderly with renal disease. There is an ever-increasing proportion of the aging population affected by renal disease and hypertension and physicians are faced with atypical clinical presentations of renal disease in the aged as compared to younger people. This volume will combine the fields of nephrology and geriatrics and present a multidisciplinary approach to the topic.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Foreword
Holistic Approach to the Geriatric Patient: Geriatric Evaluation	p. 1
Incidence of Renal Diseases in an Acute Geriatric Unit	p. 19
Anatomical Changes in the Aging Kidney	p. 39
Biology of the Aging Process and Its Clinical Consequences	p. 55
Physiology of the Healthy Aging Kidney	p. 93
The Mechanisms of Age-Associated Glomerular Sclerosis	p. 113
Endothelial Function in the Healthy Aged	p. 127
Renal Handling of Water and Electrolytes in the Old and Old-Old Healthy Aged	p. 141
Renal Handling of Uric Acid, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Calcium, and Acid Base in the Elderly	p. 155
Dysnatremias: Diagnosis and Treatment	p. 173
Hypertension in the Elderly	p. 199
The Renin-Angiotensin System and the Aging Process	p. 209
Prevention of Chronic Renal Diseases in the Elderly	p. 231
Obstructive Uropathy and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia	p. 257
Urinary Tract Infection	p. 273
Incontinence in the Elderly	p. 293
The Diagnosis of Renal Diseases in Elderly Patients. What Role Is There for Biopsy?	p. 307
Diabetic Nephropathy	p. 329
Renal Cystic Disease in the Elderly	p. 347
Renal Vasculitis in the Elderly	p. 373
Acute Renal Failure in the Aged	p. 385
Multiorganic Dysfunction Syndrome in the Elderly Critically Ill Patient	p. 403
Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Chronic Renal Insufficiency in the Aged	p. 429
Substitutive Treatments of End-Stage Renal Diseases in the Elderly: Dialysis	p. 443
Substitutive Treatments of End-Stage Renal Diseases in the Elderly: Renal Transplantation	p. 465
Pharmacokinetics in the Geriatric Population	p. 481
Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Renal Failure	p. 495
Ethical Dilemmas in Geriatric Uremia Therapy	p. 511
Index	p. 531
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