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Chronic kidney disease • Nephrology
Do you use alkali therapy in those with stable chronic kidney disease and a normal serum bicarbonate level who have a low urine pH?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Generally, no. There is no reason to increase the pill burden with bicarbonate therapy in a patient with normal blood chemistry. I would only treat urine pH in a stone-forming patient with uric acid stones.
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