| 书目名称 | The Aging Kidney in Health and Disease | | 编辑 | Juan F. MachasNúñez (Profesor Titular de Medicina) | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Comprehensive Reference on Geriatric Nephrology.No Recent Book on Geriatric Nephrology Available | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | It is a great pleasure to respond to the invitation to write a foreword for this book. With a worldwide increase in an aging population, the practice of medicine is increasingly focused on elderly patients with chronic diseases and episodic acute exacerbations rather than the previous model of acute disease management only. As nephrologists around the world deal with millions of elderly individuals, many of whom are classified as suffering from chronic kidney disease in stages 2–5, they are, of necessity, practicing geriatrics without specific training or previous exposure in this field. Therefore, most nephrologists, as well as dealing with new types of clinical presentations, and geriatric evaluation tools, will face the difficulties of reaching the treatment targets specific to geriatric patients. These geriatric targets include, in addition to the usual diagnosis and medical or surgical treatment for young adults, the recuperation of the ability to perform activities of daily living, which are often partially or totally lost in renal disease. Apart from these clinical difficulties, physicians will also face enormous ethical challenges. These issues are clearly dealt with by ger | | 出版日期 | Book 2008 | | 关键词 | aging; ethics; geriatrics; hypertension; renal disease | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72659-5 | | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4899-8947-5 | | isbn_ebook | 978-0-387-72659-5 | | copyright | Springer-Verlag US 2008 |
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