Renal Function and Disease in the Elderly

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages vii-ix
Preface, Pages xi-xv, JUAN F. MACIAS, J. STEWART CAMERON
Introduction: The kidney: a model for the study of aging in a physiological system, Pages 1-2, Nathan W. Shock
Chapter 1 - Anatomic structural and vascular changes in the aging kidney, Pages 3-26, Maurice McLachlan
Chapter 2 - Glomerular filtration and renal blood flow in the aged, Pages 27-48, Luis Hernando Avendaño, José M. López Novoa
Chapter 3 - Mechanisms of age-associated glomerular sclerosis, Pages 49-66, Sharon Anderson, Timothy W. Meyer, Barry M. Brenner
Chapter 4 - Physiology and disorders of water balance and electrolytes in the elderly, Pages 67-93, Juan F. Macias Nuñez, Antonio Bondia Roman, Jose L. Rodruiguez Commes
Chapter 5 - Hypertension in the elderly: pathophysiology and its implications for treatment, Pages 94-120, José L. Cangiano, Manuel Martinez-Maldonado
Chapter 6 - The aging kidney and calcium-regulating hormones: vitamin D metabolites, parathyroid hormone and calcitonin, Pages 121-142, David Galinsky, Yitzhak Meiler, Shraga Shany
Chapter 7 - Proximal tubular function and renal acidification in the aged, Pages 143-161, Jose M. Tabernero Romo
Chapter 8 - Changes in renal function and morphology in aging laboratory animals, Pages 162-183, José M. López Novoa, Inmaculada Montañés
Chapter 9 - Pharmacokinetics in the aged, Pages 184-203, A. Domínguez-Gil, M.J. García, A.S. Navarro
Chapter 10 - Summing up: what does decreased renal function in the aged mean?, Pages 204-207, S. de Castro del Pozo
Chapter 11 - Incidence of renal diseases in a geriatric unit, Pages 208-236, F. Guillén Llera, P. Gil Gregorio
Chapter 12 - Hypertension in the elderly: clinical aspects, Pages 237-253, José L. Rodicio, J.M. Alcazar, L.M. Ruilope
Chapter 13 - Urinary tract infection in old age, Pages 254-281, S.L. Choudhury, J.C. Brocklehurst
Chapter 14 - Interstitial nephropathies and pyelonephritis in the aged, Pages 282-297, Anastasius S. Dontas, Vassilios D. Tzias
Chapter 15 - Glomerular disease in the aged, Pages 298-320, Brian M. Murray, Leopoldo Raij
Chapter 16 - Renal vasculitis in the aged, Pages 321-347, Assumpta Serra-Cardús, J. Stewart Cameron
Chapter 17 - Renal cystic disease in the elderly, Pages 348-399, V.E. Torres, K.E. Holley, G.W. Hartman, C. Garcia Iglesias
Chapter 18 - Renal malignancies in the elderly, Pages 400-431, Juan Montero Gomez, Manuel Urrutia Avisrror, Juan Corrales Hernandez
Chapter 19 - Obstructive uropathy in the elderly, Pages 432-460, Saulo Klahr
Chapter 20 - Acute renal failure in old people, Pages 461-484, Juan F. Macias Nuñez, Jose A. Sanchez Tomero
Chapter 21 - Aetiology and diagnosis of chronic renal insufficiency in the aged: the role of renal biopsy, Pages 485-508, Jeffrey L. Glickman, Donald L. Kaiser, W. Kline Bolton
Chapter 22 - Dialysis treatment of end-stage renal disease in the elderly, Pages 509-528, Claudio Ponticelli, Giorgio Graziani, Alberto Cantaluppi, Richard Moore
Chapter 23 - Renal transplantation in older patients, Pages 529-537, David Taube, J. Stewart Cameron, Sabri Challah
Index, Pages 539-548