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Caroline Prot-Bertoye1, Marion Vallet2, Pascal Houillier1
1INSERM UMRS 1138, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France; CNRS, ERL 8228, Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Physiologie, Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
Abstract:
Acid retention occurs early during the course of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Studies conducted in patients with CKD suggest that alkali supplementation may slow CKD progression. However, the diagnosis of acid retention is challenging when plasma bicarbonate concentration is still normal. In this issue, Goraya et al. suggest that urinary citrate may predict acid retention in eubicarbonatemic patients with stages 1 and 2 CKD . Although interesting, this claim yet requires confirmation by further studies.
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