Nephrology

General Geriatric Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

In outpatient primary care settings, would you recommend routinely checking Cystatin-C as a marker of renal function in older adults?

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What is the role for checking uric acid levels in evaluation of SIADH in hospitalized older adults?

1 Answer available

Do you recommend transitioning elderly patients from thiazide diuretics to alternative agents when managing hypertension given the increased concern for hyponatremia in this patient population?

2 Answers available

What is your systolic blood pressure target for patients over 80 with frailty and multiple comorbidities?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

N Engl J Med, 2015 Nov 09

A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control.

JAMA, 2025 Dec 02

Discordance in Creatinine- and Cystatin C-Based eGFR and Clinical Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis.

Drugs & aging, 2001

Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET): protocol for the main trial.

Circulation research, 2019 Mar 29

Hypertension Management in Older and Frail Older Patients.

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