ALLMedicine Metabolic Acidosis Center

May 29th, 2020 - Acute-Onset Metabolic Acidosis in a Woman with Pneumocystis Pneumonia.|2020|Shah H,Datta D,|

May 27th, 2020 - Hyperkalaemia hypertension and metabolic acidosis in children can pose a challenge of both diagnosis and management. This case chronicles the diagnostic journey of a 2-year-old girl with hyperkalaemia associated with hypertension and metabolic aci...

May 27th, 2020 - Studies of adults have demonstrated an association between metabolic acidosis, as measured by low serum bicarbonate levels, and CKD progression. We evaluated this relationship in children using data from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children stud...

May 26th, 2020 - DAX1 mutations are related to the X-linked form of adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) in infancy and to hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) in puberty. We report a male patient affected by X-linked AHC who presented with central diabetes insipidus ...

May 24th, 2020 - Zinc phosphide is a gray to black powder mainly used as a rodenticide. In contact with gastric fluid, it releases phosphine which is the main toxic material of this compound. Phosphine interferes with oxidative respiratory cycle of the cells, but ...

Nov 17th, 2018 - Cholera is a well-known disease caused by intestinal infection with the toxin-producing bacteria Vibrio cholerae. This potentially fatal diarrheal disease results in large volumes of watery stool, causing rapid dehydration that can progress to hyp...

Jun 12th, 2018 - Metabolic acidosis is commonly found in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and its causes are: impaired ammonia excretion, reduced tubular bicarbonate reabsorption and insufficient renal bicarbonate production in relation to the amount of...

Feb 1st, 2016 - A panel of internists and nephrologists developed this practical approach for the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative to guide assessment and care of chronic kidney disease (CKD) by primary care clinicians. Chronic kidney disease is defined...

May 23rd, 2013 - Protein energy wasting (PEW) is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is associated with adverse clinical outcomes, especially in individuals receiving maintenance dialysis therapy. A multitude of factors can affect the nutritio...

May 29th, 2020 - Acute-Onset Metabolic Acidosis in a Woman with Pneumocystis Pneumonia.|2020|Shah H,Datta D,|

May 27th, 2020 - Hyperkalaemia hypertension and metabolic acidosis in children can pose a challenge of both diagnosis and management. This case chronicles the diagnostic journey of a 2-year-old girl with hyperkalaemia associated with hypertension and metabolic aci...

May 27th, 2020 - Studies of adults have demonstrated an association between metabolic acidosis, as measured by low serum bicarbonate levels, and CKD progression. We evaluated this relationship in children using data from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children stud...

May 26th, 2020 - DAX1 mutations are related to the X-linked form of adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) in infancy and to hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) in puberty. We report a male patient affected by X-linked AHC who presented with central diabetes insipidus ...

May 24th, 2020 - Zinc phosphide is a gray to black powder mainly used as a rodenticide. In contact with gastric fluid, it releases phosphine which is the main toxic material of this compound. Phosphine interferes with oxidative respiratory cycle of the cells, but ...

Jun 27th, 2019 - The investigational drug veverimer was safe and effective for treating patients with metabolic acidosis from chronic kidney disease, according to phase III data. In a 40-week extension study, only 2% of those on veverimer had serious adverse event...

Jun 17th, 2019 - BUDAPEST, Hungary — Sodium bicarbonate — long used, albeit sporadically, to correct metabolic acidosis in chronic kidney disease — is significantly better at slowing disease progression than standard care, and is safe, results from a large Italian...

Dec 12th, 2018 - Patients with moderate ulcerative colitis may benefit from cannabis, according to a new study that reported a decrease in disease activity index in patients who used the drug. A recent analysis found that consuming probiotics may contribute to sma...

Nov 17th, 2018 - Cholera is a well-known disease caused by intestinal infection with the toxin-producing bacteria Vibrio cholerae. This potentially fatal diarrheal disease results in large volumes of watery stool, causing rapid dehydration that can progress to hyp...

Feb 14th, 2018 - Question: Paramedics brought an unconscious 70-year-old man to a Florida hospital emergency department. The patient had the words “Do Not Resuscitate” tattooed onto his chest.