Estimating renal function in older adult patients

Estimating Renal Function in Paraplegia

Equations estimating renal function in patients with diabetes.

Estimating renal function in older people: a comparison of three formulas.

BACKGROUND Estimation of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) at the bedside is important because renal insufficiency is related to increased mortality and morbidity. A discrepancy between the Cockroft-Gault (CG) and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formulas has been observed in older people. OBJECTIVE To compare the GFR of inpatients aged 65 or older estimated using the CG an...

Chapter 24: Renal Transplantation in the Older Adult

Many patients once thought too high risk for renal transplantation, including those with advancing age, are now routinely transplanted. Although the number of patients younger than 50 yr of age added to the waiting list for kidney transplantation has remained relatively static during the last decade, in the age group over 65 yr, both the number of patients newly placed on the waiting list and t...

end-stage renal disease and renal replacement therapy in older patients

as the world’s population continues to age, practitioners encounter increasing numbers of older patients with end-stage renal disease (esrd) who require renal replacement therapy (rrt). conservative management may be considered in older patients and has been shown to offer comparable survival rates and hospital-free days to rrt patients. at present, for those who choose rrt, hemodialysis is the...