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EPISODE · Jan 9, 2016 · 14 MIN

CKD In the elderly - disease, or disease label

from Medicine and Science from The BMJ · host The BMJ

Around half of people aged over 75 meet the diagnostic criteria for chronic kidney disease (CKD), but there is debate about what this means for patients as only a proportion of elderly people with CKD will have clinically important outcomes as a result. In this podcast, Dr Arif Khwaja argues that for CKD in the elderly, we should focus on patient centered outcomes rather than applying population risks. Read the full Analysis article: http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.h6559

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