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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Macías-Núñez, Juan F. (Editor ), Cameron, J. Stewart (Editor ), Oreopoulos, Dimitrios G. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.