Mehmet Kanbay, Carlo Basile, Yuri Battaglia, Alessandro Mantovani, Furkan Yavuz, Francesco Pizzarelli, Valerie A Luyckx, Adrian Covic, Vassilios Liakopoulos, Sandip Mitra
'Elderly' is most commonly defined as an individual aged 65 years or older. However, this definition fails to account for the differences in genetics, lifestyle and overall health that contribute to significant heterogeneity among the elderly beyond chronological age. As the world population continues to age, the prevalence of chronic diseases, including chronic kidney disease (CKD), is increasing and CKD frequently progresses to kidney failure. Moreover, frailty represents a multidimensional clinical entity highly prevalent in this population, which needs to be adequately assessed to inform and support medical decisions...
September 23, 2023: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation