1st ed. 2021 Edition
by Carlos Guido Musso (Editor), José Ricardo Jauregui (Editor), Juan Florencio Macías-Núñez (Editor), Adrian Covic (Editor)
This unique book reviews the information available in the literature
regarding the new syndrome, frailty, in patients with various renal
conditions, such as acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, as well
as dialysis and transplant patients.
The topic is of importance
in nephrology, specifically nephrogeriatrics, since frailty is a
condition affecting many elderly patients and which is becoming
increasingly common in medical practice. As such, there is a
considerable need for information to assist professionals treating these
patients.
The book includes chapters on the frailty syndrome
(definition, evaluation and treatment), the main geriatric syndromes
(gait disorder, falls, incontinence, and delirium), the main renal
syndromes (acute renal injury, chronic kidney disease) as well as
dialysis and kidney transplant, and the relationship between geriatrics
and renal syndromes.
Frailty and Kidney Disease: A Practical Guide to Clinical Management is an essential resource for general practitioners, researchers, internal medicine physicians, geriatricians, and nephrologists.
