Erratum to: Int Urol Nephrol (2010) 42:851–855 DOI 10.1007/s11255-010-9822-8

Under the heading “The landscape of geriatric CKD and dialysis is a model of chronic progressive illness”; in the sentence “They too are powerful predictors of adverse consequences like mortality, hospitalization, nursing home placement and hip fractures (REF)”, the word (REF) should be replaced by the following reference “Swidler M: Chapter 37 Dialysis decisions in the elderly patient with advanced CKD and the role of nondialytic therapy. In: American Society of Nephrology Geriatric Nephrology Curriculum, edited by Oreopoulos MD, Wiggins J, eds., San Luis Obispo, American Society of Nephrology, 2009”.