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EDITOR IN CHIEF: Davide Bolignano

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NEWSLETTER DESIGN: Francesca Trebelli

Summary Reports from 56^th ERA-EDTA Congress

ANCA-associated vasculitis in the elderly and very elderly

Presented by Maria Weiner

There is an increase in incidence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in individuals over the age of 75 [1]. Renal biopsy results of the very elderly showed that pauci-immune glomerulonephritis (GN) was found in one-third of the patients with acute kidney injury [2]. Even though the elderly are increasingly diagnosed with ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis (AAGN) [3], they are frequently under-represented in randomized clinical trials.

Outcomes of frail patients after kidney transplantation

Presented by Maria José Pérez-Sáez

Frailty is defined as a clinical syndrome in which three or more of the following criteria arepresent: unintentional weight loss, self-reported exhaustion, weakness, slow walking speed, and low physical activity [1]. Depending on the inclusion criteria, many kidney transplantation (KT)patients can be put into categories of Vulnerable, Mildly frail and Moderately frail, according to Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)(slide 9 [2]).

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