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D W Euans

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PubMed1988

Renal function in the elderly.

Renal mass, glomerular filtration rate and renal blood flow decline with age. Since the renal tubules also decrease in mass, the aging kidney is less able to compensate for changes in fluid balance. Because of changes in the renin-aldosterone system, the elderly may have problems maintaining sodium and potassium balance. Physicians must be aware of the implications of these changes in renal function when they prescribe medications or order intravenous fluids for elderly patients.

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Measuring attitude toward family medicine.

This study attempts to develop a valid and reliable scale to measure student attitude toward family medicine. It describes a 35-item Likert scale that incorporates the nature of family medicine, the competency of family physicians, and the academic image of family medicine departments. The scale was administered to 116 first-year medical students. Concurrent validity and internal reliability for the scale are reported. Two forms of item analysis--item-to-total-score correlation and factor analysis--resulted in the selection of 23 items for the final scale. Seventy-three percent of the first-year students responding to the scale expressed a positive attitude toward family medicine.

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