Association of Pre-ESRD Serum Bicarbonate with Post-ESRD Mortality in Patients with Incident ESRD

Tantisattamo, E; Murray, V; Obi, Y; Park, C; Catabay, CJ; Lee, Y; Wenziger, C; Hsiung, JT; Soohoo, M; Kleine, CE; Rhee, CM; Kraut, J; Kovesdy, CP; Kalantar-Zadeh, K; Streja, E

Kalantar-Zadeh, K; Streja, E (corresponding author), Univ Calif Irvine, Div Nephrol Hypertens & Kidney Transplantat, Harold Simmons Ctr Kidney Dis Res & Epidemiol, Dept Med,Sch Med, Orange, CA 92668 USA.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY, 2021; 52 (4): 304

Abstract

Background: Serum bicarbonate or total carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations decline as chronic kidney disease (CKD) progresses and rise after dialysis ......

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