Diagnosing metabolic acidosis in chronic kidney disease: importance of blood pH and serum anion gap

• Egile Nagusiak: Jun-Ya Kaimori (Egilea), Yusuke Sakaguchi (Egilea), Sachio Kajimoto (Egilea), Yuta Asahina (Egilea), Tatsufumi Oka (Egilea), Koki Hattori (Egilea), Yohei Doi (Egilea), Yoshitaka Isaka (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Metabolic acidosis is one of the most common complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD). It is associated with the progression of CKD, and many other functional impairments. Until recently, only serum bicarbonate levels have been used to evaluate acid-base changes in patients with reduced kidney...