Open AccessElevated Serum Bicarbonate Concentration in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Call to Find the Cause
Author(s) -
Khitan Zeid J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.115.001997
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , renal function , proteinuria , heart failure , cardiology , cohort , population , kidney , environmental health
In this issue, Dobre et al[1][1] reported an observational study looking at results of annually measured serum bicarbonate concentration in participants with chronic kidney disease (CKD) enrolled in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) using the marginal structural model, a validated