title: Renal replacement therapy in the elderly.
abstract: Rates of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease are increasing as the United States population ages. The elderly with chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease face specific challenges with regard to medical care. Being of elderly age should not be a contraindication for initiation of renal replacement therapy. As the United States population ages, physicians will have to face many challenges associated with aging, whether medical, psychosocial, or ethical. This article discusses issues specific to the geriatric dialysis population.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Room 7-155 Factor Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. xye@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Xiaoyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Anjay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rastogi
authors.forename: Allen R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Nissenson
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome