Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in elderly patients with normal serum creatinine levels undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions.

摘要

The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is about 10-16%, mainly in the elderly. According to K/DOQI, a glomeru-lar filtration rate (GFR) <60 ml/min is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Recently, Kurtal et al. [1] have reported that un-diagnosed CKD is common in the elderly. Moreover, in this study, about 52% of prescribed drugs and abouffe5% of all drugs needed dose adjustment or should be avoided in renal impairment. In the last issue of Gerontology, two more papers dealing with the issue of renal function and drug dosing in the elderly appeared.