CKD In the elderly - disease, or disease label

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
Source: The BMJ Podcast - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: podcasts