Kidney Disease and Functional Decline in Older Adults

Baback Roshanravan, MD, MSPH, MS

Assistant Professor

Division of Neurology

School of Medicine

University of Washington

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lecture, you should be able to:

• Describe how kidney function is measured.

• Identify the metabolic complications of chronic kidney disease

• List how kidney disease impacts physical functioning.

[From the Winter 2017 Geriatric Healthcare Lecture Series]