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The aging kidney in health and disease
- Title
- The aging kidney in health and disease / edited by Juan F. Macias Nunez, J. Stewart Cameron and Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos.
- Publication
- New York ; London : Springer, 2008.
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- Description
- xxii, 553 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Holistic Approach to the Geriatric Patient: Geriatric Evaluation / David Galinsky, Roberto Kaplan and Tzvi Dwolatzky -- Ch. 2. Incidence of Renal Diseases in an Acute Geriatric Unit / Cristina Alonso Bouzon, Gonzalo Bravo Fernandez de Araoz and Francisco Guillen Llera -- Ch. 3. Anatomical Changes in the Aging Kidney / Xin J. Zhou, Zoltan G. Laszik and Fred G. Silva -- Ch. 4. Biology of the Aging Process and Its Clinical Consequences / Juan-Florencio Macias-Nunez, Jose-Manuel Ribera Casado, Monica de la Fuente del Rey, Gustavo Barja Quiroga, Jesus A. F. Tresguerres, Carmen Ariznavarreta and Jose M. Lopez-Novoa -- Ch. 5. Physiology of the Healthy Aging Kidney / Juan-Florencio Macias-Nunez and Jose M. Lopez-Novoa -- Ch. 6. The Mechanisms of Age-Associated Glomerular Sclerosis / Jose M. Lopez-Novoa -- Ch. 7. Endothelial Function in the Healthy Aged / Leocadio Rodriguez-Manas, Mariam El Assar De La Fuente and Marta Castro Rodriguez -- Ch. 8. Renal Handling of Water and Electrolytes in the Old and Old-Old Healthy Aged / Carlos G. Musso and Juan-Florencio Macias-Nunez -- Ch. 9. Renal Handling of Uric Acid, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Calcium, and Acid Base in the Elderly / Carlos G. Musso, Joaquin Antonio Alvarez Gregori and Juan-Florencio Macias-Nunez -- Ch. 10. Dysnatremias: Diagnosis and Treatment / Steven Achinger and Juan Carlos Ayus -- Ch. 11. Hypertension in the Elderly / Jose A. Garcia-Donaire, Jose Luis Rodicio Diaz and M. Ruilope -- Ch. 12. The Renin-Angiotensin System and the Aging Process / Leon Ferder and Manuel Martinez-Maldonado -- Ch. 13. Prevention of Chronic Renal Diseases in the Elderly / Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Norberto Perico, Piero Ruggenenti and Giuseppe Remuzzi -- Ch. 14. Obstructive Uropathy and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia / Gerasimos Alivizatos and Andreas Skolarikos -- Ch. 15. Urinary Tract Infection / Lindsay E. Nicolle -- Ch. 16. Incontinence in the Elderly / Michael Ingber, Pradeep Nagaraju and Ananias Diokno -- Ch. 17. The Diagnosis of Renal Diseases in Elderly Patients. What Role Is There for Biopsy? / Franco Vendemia -- Ch. 18. Diabetic Nephropathy / Alessia Fornoni, Carlos Leon and Leopoldo Raij -- Ch. 19. Renal Cystic Disease in the Elderly / Roser Torra Balcells -- Ch. 20. Renal Vasculitis in the Elderly / David Jayne -- Ch. 21. Acute Renal Failure in the Aged / Carlos G. Musso, Jose M. Lopez-Novoa, Jose Carlos Fernandez and Juan-Florencio Macias-Nunez -- Ch. 22. Multiorganic Dysfunction Syndrome in the Elderly Critically Ill Patient / Monica Bonello, Zaccaria Ricci, Dimitris Petras, Nereo Zamperetti and Claudior Ronco -- Ch. 23. Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Chronic Renal Insufficiency in the Aged / Jordan L. Rosenstock and Michael F. Michelis -- Ch. 24. Substitutive Treatments of End-Stage Renal Diseases in the Elderly: Dialysis / Nada Dimkovic and Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos -- Ch. 25. Substitutive Treatments of End-Stage Renal Diseases in the Elderly: Renal Transplantation / Ali Alobaidli and Sarbjit V. Jassal -- Ch. 26. Pharmacokinetics in the Geriatric Population / Alfonso Dominguez-Gil Hurle, M. J. Garcia Sanchez, M. M. Fernandez De Gatta and Ampara Sanchez Navarro -- Ch. 27. Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Renal Failure / Francisco Ortega and Pablo Rebollo -- Ch. 28. Ethical Dilemmas in Geriatric Uremia Therapy / Eli A. Friedman and Amy L. Friedman.
- ISBN
- 9780387726588 (hbk.)
- 0387726586 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 229430432
- ocn229430432
- SCSB-5387037
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries