Managing Renal Injury in the Elderly Patient

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Haase, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Haase-Fielitz, Anja (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; General practice (Medicine).; Critical care medicine.; Cardiology.; Nephrology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

As the number of people aged 65 years and above rises, physicians are increasingly confronted by elderly patients with impaired renal function, altered drug metabolism and multiple comorbidities. This book examines in detail the nature of renal injury in the elderly and its optimal management. A wid...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The aging population/ Elderly with end-stage renal disease
• Assessing GFR in the Elderly (equations, markers)
• Role of (novel) renal biomarkers in the Elderly
• Diabetic nephropathy in the Elderly
• Drug metabolism, dosing and renal toxicity in Elderly Patients
• Acute Kidney Injury in the Elderly
• Dialysis in the Elderly (choice of appropriate mode, withhold dialysis and the role of nondialytic therapy)
• Typical complications before, during and after dialysis initiation
• Renal transplantation in older patients- is it still worth?
• Quality of life and functional status
• Further medical problems in the elderly patients (delirium, dementia, and depression)
• End of life and decision-making in Elderly Patients with End-stage renal disease.