The Aging Kidney in Health and Disease
The Aging Kidney in Health and Disease 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 disea...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Springer US,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Holistic Approach to the Geriatric Patient: Geriatric Evaluation
- Incidence of Renal Diseases in an Acute Geriatric Unit
- Anatomical Changes in the Aging Kidney
- Biology of the Aging Process and Its Clinical Consequences
- Physiology of the Healthy Aging Kidney
- The Mechanisms of Age-Associated Glomerular Sclerosis
- Endothelial Function in the Healthy Aged
- Renal Handling of Water and Electrolytes in the Old and Old-Old Healthy Aged
- Renal Handling of Uric Acid, Magnesium,Phosphorus, Calcium, and Acid Base in the Elderly
- Dysnatremias: Diagnosis and Treatment
- Hypertension in the Elderly
- The Renin-Angiotensin System and the Aging Process
- Prevention of Chronic Renal Diseases in the Elderly
- Obstructive Uropathy and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Incontinence in the Elderly
- The Diagnosis of Renal Diseases in Elderly Patients. What Role Is There for Biopsy?
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Renal Cystic Disease in the Elderly
- Renal Vasculitis in the Elderly
- Acute Renal Failure in the Aged
- Multiorganic Dysfunction Syndrome in the Elderly Critically Ill Patient
- Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Chronic Renal Insufficiency in the Aged
- Substitutive Treatments of End-Stage Renal Diseases in the Elderly: Dialysis
- Substitutive Treatments of End-Stage Renal Diseases in the Elderly: Renal Transplantation
- Pharmacokinetics in the Geriatric Population
- Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Renal Failure
- Ethical Dilemmas in Geriatric Uremia Therapy.
