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Change in Renal Function, Fluids, and Electrolytes

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Renal aging is not a pathological process since the aging kidney is able to maintain the homeostasis of the internal medium in conditions of health despite the fact that its resources and ability to adapt to challenges of restriction or overload are limited. It should be understood by the reader that we have based the findings in this chapter mostly on the relatively few studies carried out in healthy aged persons in whom biochemical and clinical findings, including holistic geriatric evaluation, have been done before inclusion in the study protocol. The majority of published studies have been, unfortunately, performed in “apparently healthy” aged individuals in home care institutions, aged persons attending outpatient clinics, or hospitalized individuals whose baseline status was not well evaluated.

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The authors are grateful to Drs. Joaquin Alvarez Gregori, Paula Scibona, and Carlos Musso for their help in the preparation of the manuscript.

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Macías-Núñez, J.F., Martínez-Maldonado, M. (2011). Change in Renal Function, Fluids, and Electrolytes. In: Rosenthal, R., Zenilman, M., Katlic, M. (eds) Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6999-6_78

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