Managing Renal Injury in the Elderly Patient

1. Managing Kidney Injury in Older Patients
Michael Haase, Anja Haase-Fielitz

2. Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcome
Mitchell H. Rosner, Claudio Ronco, Dinna N. Cruz

3. Assessing Glomerular Filtration Rate in Older Adults
Elke Schaeffner

4. Risk Assessment and Diagnostic Criteria of Acute Kidney Injury: The Role of Tubular Damage Markers
Michael Haase, Anja Haase-Fielitz

5. Pathogenesis and Susceptibility to Injury
Mitchell H. Rosner, Dinna N. Cruz, Claudio Ronco

6. Drug Kinetics, Dosing, and Renal Toxicity in Older Adults
Frieder Keller, Ulla Ludwig

7. Acute Dialysis in Older Patients
Celine Foote, Meg J. Jardine

8. Quality of Life, Functional Status, and Specific Medical Problems in Older Patients
Gargi Banerjee, Anja Haase-Fielitz, Edwina A. Brown

9. End-of-Life Decision Making in Older Patients with Acute Kidney Injury and End-Stage Renal Disease: Ethical Perspectives
Sana R. Akbar, Rebecca J. Schmidt

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Nephrology, Cardiology, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology