CIN '2007 - 4o CONGRESSO DE NEFROLOGIA NA INTERNET
Is the aged kidney a chronically damaged one ?
Dr Carlos Musso
Nephrology Division - Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Abstract
Even though the aged kidney has a decreased GFR, it differs in a number of ways from the kidney with chronic renal failure. Then, the healthy person (older than 75 years) and patients with chronic kidney disease (stage 3) share two main physiological characteristics: I) a similar glomerular filtration rate (about 50 mL/min per 1.73 m² ), II) a diminished capability for salt and water reabsorption from the renal tubule.Comments: