Clinical Presentation of Renal Failure in the Aged: Chronic Renal Failure

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-372

  Jassal, Sarbjit Vanita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Dialysis; Elderly; Geriatric; Renal function

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CIMETIDINE; CYSTATIN C; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PREGABALIN; STEROID; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGED; ANEMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; MALNUTRITION; NEUROPATHY; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEINURIA; RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70149122491     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2009.06.002     Document Type: Review

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