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The population is aging with an increase in life expectances worldwide. According to the United States Census Bureau, the international population of the “very elderly” (individuals ≥80 years) will triple between 2015 and 2050. The prevalence of kidney disease increases with age; therefore, more very elderly patients are living with kidney disease than ever before. Elderly patients with kidney disease are at risk of poor outcomes. In a study of >30,000 adults with chronic kidney disease, patients ≥85 years had 25-fold increased mortality.
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