Gerontologizing Nephrology

[摘要] The American Geriatrics Society has been sponsoring a series of geriatric educational retreats by the John A. Hartford Foundation. The goal of these retreats is to integrate geriatrics into the subspecialties of internal medicine. The basic belief of the sponsors is that the art and science of geriatrics is best utilized when these skills are integrated into all aspects of the care of the elderly by both primary care and subspecialty physicians rather than by an approach emphasizing referral of “geriatric problems” to subspecialist geriatricians. Geriatrics, in this construct, remains an academic, teaching, research, and tertiary referral discipline. Many geriatric patients are seen by general internists and by the subspecialists of internal medicine. Thus, knowledge of the essentials of geriatrics is essential to the optimum practice of all internists.

[学科分类] 泌尿医学

[关键词] Bone marrow necrosis;Sickle cell disease;Hyperhemolysis syndrome