Diagnosis and Treatment of Metabolic Acidosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease - Position Statement of the Working Group of the Polish Society of Nephrology

• Main Authors: Marcin Adamczak (Author), Anna Masajtis-Zagajewska (Author), Oktawia Mazanowska (Author), Katarzyna Madziarska (Author), Tomasz Stompór (Author), Andrzej Więcek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Metabolic acidosis is commonly found in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and its causes are: impaired ammonia excretion, reduced tubular bicarbonate reabsorption and insufficient renal bicarbonate production in relation to the amount of acids synthesised by the body and ingested with food...