Clinical Nephrogeriatrics An Evidence-Based Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Musso, Carlos Guido (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Jauregui, José Ricardo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Macías-Núñez, Juan Florencio (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Covic, Adrian (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Nephrology.; Geriatrics.; Geriatric nursing.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Geriatric Care.

The increase in average life expectancy observed over recent decades has brought new challenges to nephrology practice. Several renal diseases are more frequent in elderly patients today, and even in healthy older individuals renal physiology has its own peculiarities. This leads to the need for a s...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Structural and functional renal changes secondary to aging
• Chapter 2. Renal aging and chronic kidney disease in the elderly: which are the differences?
• Chapter 3. Frailty in Chronic Kidney Disease Elderly Patients
• Chapter 4. Water, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders in the elderly
• Chapter 5. Hypertension in the Elderly
• Chapter 6. Urinary Tract Infections in the elderly
• Chapter 7. Glomerulopathies in the Elderly
• Chapter 8. Acute kidney Injury in the elderly
• Chapter 9. Nephroprevention in the elderly
• Chapter 10. Hemodialysis in the Elderly
• Chapter 11. Frailty among elderly patients on chronic maintenance hemodialysis for ESRD: Not simply a matter of chronological age
• Chapter 12. Peritoneal Dialysis in the Elderly Patient
• Chapter 13. Kidney Transplant in Elderly
• Chapter 14. Nephrolithiasis in the Elderly
• Chapter 15. Nutrition in the elderly with renal disease
• Chapter 16. Pharmacogeriatrics and the kidney
• Chapter 17. Conservative and palliative care in elderly patients with end-stage renal disease.