New perspectives on acid-base balance.
This review will cover two main areas of acid-base balance, both of which are attended with much misconception and misunderstanding. One is the external balance of acids and alkali; the other is the contribution of bone buffering in acute and chronic metabolic acidosis.
Department of Medicine, SUNY Health Center at Brooklyn 11203, USA.
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D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000503:physiopathology*; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis