Serum Bicarbonate and Graft and Patient Outcomes Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Evaluating Changes in Serum Bicarbonate Over TimePlain-Language Summary

Rationale & Objective: Identification of treatable risk factors for kidney allograft failure is necessary to improve graft longevity. Metabolic acidosis with either low serum bicarbonate or normal serum bicarbonate (eubicarbonatemic metabolic acidosis) is implicated in native kidney disease...

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Published in:	Kidney Medicine
Main Authors:	Vandana Mathur, Nancy L. Reaven, Susan E. Funk, Navdeep Tangri
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-01-01
Subjects:	Chronic kidney disease graft failure metabolic acidosis mortality serum bicarbonate
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590059522002060