Estudo mostra que as definições atuais de doença renal crônica superestimam o problema em idosos, resultando em diagnósticos excessivos.

Accounting for Age in the Definition of Chronic Kidney Disease – JAMA Internal Medicine (gratuito por tempo limitado)

Comentário convidado: Overdiagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease in Older Adults—An Inconvenient Truth – JAMA Internal Medicine (gratuito por tempo limitado)

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Should the definition of chronic kidney disease be changed to consider the physiological eGFR decline that is associated with ageing?

A new publication says yes!

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