RENAL-FAILURE - WHY TODAYS PATIENTS LIVE BETTER AND LONGER

Authors
CHAN R MICHELIS MF
Citation
R. Chan et Mf. Michelis, RENAL-FAILURE - WHY TODAYS PATIENTS LIVE BETTER AND LONGER, Geriatrics, 51(1), 1996, pp. 37
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Geriatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
0016867X
Volume
51
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-867X(1996)51:1<37:R-WTPL>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The clinical courses of two older patients with progressive renal fail ure associated with hypertension are described. Their underlying disor ders are similar, but there are stark contrasts between medical therap ies available now and 50 years ago. Such advances include the developm ent of antihypertensive drugs and antimicrobial medications that have reduced the incidence of renal failure. In addition, recombinant eryth ropoietin. and calcitriol have decreased the morbidity associated with chronic renal failure. Finally, technologic breakthroughs in dialysis have made a once-fatal condition eminently treatable.