A basic approach to CKD.
Metabolic acidosis often complicates chronic kidney disease (CKD) and adversely affects bone, nutrition, and metabolism. Phisitkul et al. demonstrate that sodium citrate may ameliorate kidney injury in CKD patients not on dialysis. Further, they provide evidence in humans that treatment lowers urinary endothelin levels, and hence increased endothelin may be part of the mechanism whereby acidosis hastens CKD progression.
Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA.
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