Metabolic acidosis and progression of chronic kidney disease: incidence, pathogenesis, and therapeutic options
In the chronic kidney disease population metabolic acidosis is prevalent presenting already in the early stages of renal dysfunction. The pathogenesis associates the lack of bicarbonate production with the accumulation of organic/inorganic acids and the development of tubulointerstitial damage through ammonium retention and complement deposition. The empiric use of oral sodium bicarbonate represents an interesting therapeutic option that has been documented in a few clinical trials in human subjects. The availability of oral sodium, in its diverse forms, represents an inexpensive and simple way of treating an entity that could hasten the progression of kidney disease, as well as protein catabolism, bone disease and mortality.
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedad Española de Nefrología
2012
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0211-69952012000800005 |
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