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Geriatric Nephrology

The medical, psychosocial, nursing, financial and ethical issues of treating end-stage renal disease in the elderly

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos

    1. Division of Nephrology, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada

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Part of the book series: Developments in Nephrology (DINE, volume 12)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Introduction

    • D. G. Oreopoulus
    Pages 1-3

  3. Physiology of Aging

    • C. I. Gryfe
    Pages 5-10

  4. Senility and Maturity: Psychosocial Aspects of Aging

    • H. M. Rosemary Meier, Richard Ian Ogilvie
    Pages 11-18

  5. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in the Elderly

    • Richard Ian Ogilvie
    Pages 19-26

  6. Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders in the Elderly

    • Robert M. A. Richardson
    Pages 27-36

  7. Sodium Homeostasis with Special Reference to Fractional Excretion of Sodium and Plasma Prostaglandin E-1 in Elderly Hypertensives in Essential and Renovascular Hypertension

    • Kamlakar Tripathi, Jawed Ahmed, P. K. Srivastava, P. S. Mishra
    Pages 37-40

  8. Aging and Body Water

    • Theodore R. Reiff
    Pages 41-48

  9. End-Stage Renal Disease in the Elderly a Geriatrician’s Viewpoint

    • Bernard Isaacs
    Pages 49-55

  10. Decline of Renal Function with Age: Mechanisms, Risk Factors and Therapeutic Implications

    • Sharon Anderson
    Pages 57-71

  11. Preventable Causes of Renal Failure in the Elderly

    • George E. Schreiner
    Pages 73-93

  12. Bacteriuria in the Elderly Subject; Its Relationship to Survival

    • Anastasios S. Dontas
    Pages 95-102

  13. Acute Renal Failure in the Elderly

    • N. Lameire, K. De Keyzer, W. Pauwels, E. Matthys, R. Vanholder, S. Ringoir
    Pages 103-116

  14. Chronic Renal Failure in the Elderly

    • Christopher R. Blagg
    Pages 117-126

  15. Nutritional Needs for the Elderly Hemodialysis Patient

    • Joel D. Kopple, Mary B. Grosvenor, Charlotte E. Roberts
    Pages 127-134

  16. Hemodialysis of the Elderly

    • C. Kjellstrand, K. Koppy, A. Umen, S. Nestrud, L. Westlie
    Pages 135-145

  17. Peritoneal Dialysis in the Elderly

    • Allen R. Nissenson, Dominick E. Gentile, Robert E. Soderblom, Charlene Brax
    Pages 147-156

  18. Renal Transplantation in the Middle-Aged and Elderly Uremic Patient

    • Bruce G. Sommer, David M. Mandelbaum, Mitchell L. Henry, Ronald M. Ferguson
    Pages 157-168

  19. Renal Transplantation in the Elderly: The Canadian Experience

    • Carl J. Cardella
    Pages 169-173

  20. Nursing Aspects of the Elderly Patient on Dialysis

    • Sharron Izatt
    Pages 175-182
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About this book

The year was 1943. As a third-year medical student at Stanford, I was about to witness the beginning of a medical miracle. Dr. Arthur Bloomfield, Professor of Medicine, had selected my patient, a middle aged man, who was dying of acute pneumococcal pneumonia, as one of the first patients to receive miniscule doses (by today's standards) of his meagre supply of a new drug - penicillin. The patient's response amazed everyone especially this impressionable medical student. The rest of the story is history. With one stroke, the introduction of penicillin removed from the medical scene the 'friend of the aged' - lobar pneumonia. The consequences, which no one could have imagined at the time, are still becoming manifest as other 'miracles' such as respirators, artificial kidneys and many potent new antibiotics have come upon the scene. All of us are aware that these miracles have created a variety of new challenges around the states of dying and near dying. We have no easy answers for these problems. Nevertheless as dialysis techniques, especially CAPD, are applied more widely to the treatment of the elderly, the task of helping the patient meet death with dignity becomes increasingly important and vexing because once begun, dialysis is difficult to terminate.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Nephrology, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada

    Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Geriatric Nephrology

  • Book Subtitle: The medical, psychosocial, nursing, financial and ethical issues of treating end-stage renal disease in the elderly

  • Editors: Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos

  • Series Title: Developments in Nephrology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4255-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, Boston 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-781-0Published: 30 June 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8389-8Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4255-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 293

  • Topics: Nephrology, Geriatrics/Gerontology

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