Managing Renal Injury in the Elderly Patient, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014

As the number of people aged 65 years and above rises, physicians are increasingly confronted by elderly patients with impaired renal function, altered drug metabolism and multiple comorbidities. This book examines in detail the nature of renal injury in the elderly and its optimal management. A wide range of key topics are covered, including end-stage renal disease, diabetic nephropathy, acute kidney injury, drug metabolism and renal toxicity, dialysis and its complications and the use of renal transplantation. In addition, the assessment of glomerular filtration rate in the elderly and the role of novel renal biomarkers are carefully examined. Quality of life issues, the significance of other age-related medical problems and end of life care are also discussed. This book will be of value not only to nephrologists but also to general practitioners, medical students, intensivists, cardiologists, pharmacologists and those working in related specialties.?

The aging population/ Elderly with end-stage renal disease.- Assessing GFR in the Elderly (equations, markers).- Role of (novel) renal biomarkers in the Elderly.- Diabetic nephropathy in the Elderly.- Drug metabolism, dosing and renal toxicity in Elderly Patients.- Acute Kidney Injury in the Elderly.- Dialysis in the Elderly (choice of appropriate mode, withhold dialysis and the role of nondialytic therapy).- Typical complications before, during and after dialysis initiation.- Renal transplantation in older patients- is it still worth?.- Quality of life and functional status.- Further medical problems in the elderly patients (delirium, dementia, and depression).- End of life and decision-making in Elderly Patients with End-stage renal disease. ​

Michael Haase graduated from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Medicine in 2002. Between 2005 and 2007 he did his postdoctoral thesis at the Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Since 2010 he has worked as staff specialist in nephrology at the Department of Nephrology, Hypertension, Diabetes, and Endocrinology, Medical Faculty of the Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany, where he is an Assistant Professor. His main research interest is the prediction and prevention of acute kidney injury and the pathophysiological understanding of tubular damage biomarkers. He has published more than 70 scientific publications and 10 book chapters. His current h-index is 20. Michael Haase is editor of the Clinical Kidney Journal (formerly NDT Plus) and serves as a reviewer for more than 25 peer-reviewed journals including Nature Medicine, Circulation, and The Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. He received the Nils Alwall Prize 2009, the highest clinical award endowed by the German Society of Nephrology.

Examines in detail the nature of renal injury in the elderly and its optimal management Includes consideration of some rarely addressed but important issues Of key importance against the background of an aging population worldwide