Hypertension and Renal Disease in the Elderly Book

	Contributors
	Foreword
	Preface
1	The aging kidney: pathologic alterations	1
2	Renal hemodynamics and glomerular filtration and their relationship to aging	10
3	Central and peripheral neural mechanisms regulating renal function and arterial pressure in the elderly	26
4	Influence of age on baroreceptor reflexes	48
5	Pathophysiology of hypertension in the elderly	60
6	Isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly	79
7	Atrial natriuretic factor in hypertension and congestive heart failure: implications in the elderly	95
8	Pharmacokinetics of renal and antihypertensive drugs in the elderly	115
9	Hypertension in the elderly: rationale for therapy	127
10	Clinical assessment and management of mild to severe hypertension in the elderly	144
11	Rationale for nonpharmacologic treatment of hypertension in the elderly	161
12	Pathophysiology and management of electrolyte disturbances in the elderly	170
13	Renal acidification and metabolic acidosis in the elderly	185
14	Renal disease in the elderly	200
15	Glomerular disease in the elderly	211
16	Tubulointerstitial nephropathies in the aged	225
17	Renal disease in diabetes mellitus in the elderly	242
18	Cholesterol embolization	261
19	Obstructive urinary tract disease in the elderly	272
20	Urologic aspects of obstructive disease in the elderly	303
21	Urinary tract infections in the elderly	309
22	Hemodynamic alterations in aged patients during hemodialysis, other dialysis procedures, and transplantation	329
	Index	343