Elevated Serum Anion Gap in Adults with Moderate Chronic Kidney Disease Increases Risk for Progression to End Stage Renal Disease.

CONCLUSIONS: The data suggest that high AG, even after adjusting for serum bicarbonate, is a contributing acid-base mechanism to CKD progression in moderate CKD.>.
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Source: Am J Physiol Renal P... - March 24, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Banerjee T, Crews D, Wesson DE, McCulloch C, Johansen K, Saydah S, Rios Burrows N, Saran R, Gillespie B, Bragg-Gresham J, Powe NR Tags: Am J Physiol Renal Physiol Source Type: research