title: [Diagnosis and management of chronic renal failure in the elderly].
abstract: The incidence of chronic renal failure in the elderly is rising due to the ageing of the general population. Its management, and notably nephroprotective therapies, must be adapted to the elderly person who is often frail and with multiple pathologies. The decision to start extra-renal purification does not depend on the patient's chronological age but on their physiological age and requires dialogue between the patient and their family, the geriatrician and the nephrologist.
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie, CHRU La Cavale Blanche, 29609 Brest cedex, France. Electronic address: isabelle.segalen@chu-brest.fr.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Segalen
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie, CHRU La Cavale Blanche, 29609 Brest cedex, France.
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Le Meur
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D006437:Hemodialysis, Home; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011379:Prognosis
keywords: chronic renal failure; elderly people; extra-renal purification; insuffisance rénale chronique; nephroprotection; néphroprotection; personne âgée; épuration extra-rénale