Abstract
Since the chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) can cause serious disease burden and consume huge amounts of health resources to human life, research on CKD received increasing attention. For the particularity of the elderly, whether the current definition, stages and renal function assessment of CKD should be distinguished from the adults has been controversial. We conducted a comprehensive review on these issues. Furthermore, the studies on the epidemiologic status, trends, and characteristics of CKD for the elderly were summarized, and possible reasons for the differences between the various studies were analyzed. Key words: Nephrosis; Diagnosis
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