Chronic kidney disease and the aging population: World Kidney Day 2014.

William G. Couser, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Shanthi Mendis, Marcello Tonelli, The contribution of chronic kidney disease to the global burden of major noncommunicable diseases Kidney International. ,vol. 80, pp. 1258- 1270 ,(2011) , 10.1038/KI.2011.368

Dean F. Davies, Nathan W. Shock, AGE CHANGES IN GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE, EFFECTIVE RENAL PLASMA FLOW, AND TUBULAR EXCRETORY CAPACITY IN ADULT MALES Journal of Clinical Investigation. ,vol. 29, pp. 496- 507 ,(1950) , 10.1172/JCI102286

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Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Matthew T. James, Braden J. Manns, Ann M. O’Hare, Paul Muntner, Pietro Ravani, Robert R. Quinn, Tanvir Chowdhury Turin, Zhi Tan, Marcello Tonelli, for the Alberta Kidney Disease Network, Rates of Treated and Untreated Kidney Failure in Older vs Younger Adults JAMA. ,vol. 307, pp. 2507- 2515 ,(2012) , 10.1001/JAMA.2012.6455

Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir, M. Hassan Murad, Victor Montori, Prokop, Ageism vs the technical imperative, applying the GRADE framework to the evidence on hemodialysis in very elderly patients Clinical Interventions in Aging. ,vol. 8, pp. 797- 807 ,(2013) , 10.2147/CIA.S43817

Josef Coresh, Elizabeth Selvin, Lesley A Stevens, Jane Manzi, John W Kusek, Paul Eggers, Frederick Van Lente, Andrew S Levey, None, Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States JAMA. ,vol. 298, pp. 2038- 2047 ,(2007) , 10.1001/JAMA.298.17.2038

B. Cohen, J. M. Smits, B. Haase, G. Persijn, Y. Vanrenterghem, U. Frei, Expanding the donor pool to increase renal transplantation Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. ,vol. 20, pp. 34- 41 ,(2005) , 10.1093/NDT/GFH506

John S. Gill, Marcello Tonelli, Nathan Johnson, Bryce Kiberd, David Landsberg, Brian J.G. Pereira, The impact of waiting time and comorbid conditions on the survival benefit of kidney transplantation. Kidney International. ,vol. 68, pp. 2345- 2351 ,(2005) , 10.1111/J.1523-1755.2005.00696.X

P. Arora, P. Vasa, D. Brenner, K. Iglar, P. McFarlane, H. Morrison, A. Badawi, Prevalence estimates of chronic kidney disease in Canada: results of a nationally representative survey Canadian Medical Association Journal. ,vol. 185, ,(2013) , 10.1503/CMAJ.120833

Robert M. Merion, Deceased-Donor Characteristics and the Survival Benefit of Kidney Transplantation JAMA. ,vol. 294, pp. 2726- 2733 ,(2005) , 10.1001/JAMA.294.21.2726