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Do you use alkali therapy in those with stable chronic kidney disease and a normal serum bicarbonate level who have a low urine pH?

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Nephrology · Medical College of Wisconsin

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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