[Metabolic complications of chronic kidney disease]

Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) are at risk of various metabolic complications, which can lead to health issues and even be life-threatening if not correctly treated, whereas they can be anticipated. Through clinical cases of patients taken from the daily practice, we propose to look into three of these common complications, namely hypocalcemia, hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis. From the diagnostic approach to the patient care, these cases provide the opportunity to recall the fundamentals of these disorders and to present the recent literature date enlightening the knowledge related to them.