Geriatric Nephrology

Geriatric Nephrology is the branch of Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine that deals with kidney diseases. It is an emergent subspecialty of geriatrics. Patients who are alive longer may get diseases that accelerate chronic kidney disease, which regularly remains undetected until patients are challenged with the sudden need for dialysis.

Geriatric Nephrology aims to study of assess the clinical efficacy of total and regional bone densitometry in a large Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) populace and to determine the clinical, biological and radiographic variables that best acknowledged osteopenia CAPD patients.

Factors which affects Geriatrics in Kidney Diseases

  • Age related Kidney changes
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR, rGFR)
  • Homeostasis Maintenance in Elderly Kidneys
  • Dialysis
  • Medications & Treatment Methods

  • Anti-hypertensives to control your blood pressure
  • Diuretics to increase your urine output

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