Macías-Núñez Juan F., Cameron J. Stewart, Oreopoulos Dimitrios G. (eds.) The Aging Kidney in Health and Disease

Springer, 2008. — 558 p. — ISBN: 978-0-387-72658-8The 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 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.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