Acute kidney injury in the elderly: Pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy

Aging Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 635-646

  Rosner, Mitchell H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Aging; Glomerular filtration rate; Hemodynamics; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CISPLATIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; AGED; CELL REGENERATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; REHYDRATION; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 70450208933     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ahe.09.55     Document Type: Review

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