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Berman AR, Specht AJ, Castro RA, Cooke KL, Gilor S, Harris AN. Correlation between urine anion gap and urine ammonia-creatinine ratio in healthy cats and cats with kidney disease. J Vet Intern Med 2024; 38:1068-1073. [PMID: 38348890 PMCID: PMC10937481 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.17002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Ammonium excretion decreases as kidney function decreases in several species, including cats, and may have predictive or prognostic value in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Urine ammonia measurement is not readily available in clinical practice, and urine anion gap (UAG) has been proposed as a surrogate test. OBJECTIVES Evaluate the correlation between urine ammonia-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) and UAG in healthy cats and those with CKD and determine if a significant difference exists between UAG of healthy cats and cats with CKD. ANIMALS Urine samples collected from healthy client-owned cats (n = 59) and those with stable CKD (n = 17). METHODS Urine electrolyte concentrations were measured using a commercial chemistry analyzer and UAG was calculated as ([sodium] + [potassium]) - [chloride]. Urine ammonia and creatinine concentrations had been measured previously using commercially available enzymatic assays and used to calculate UACR. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient between UAG and UACR was calculated for both groups. The UAG values of healthy cats and cats with CKD were assessed using the Mann-Whitney test (P < .05). RESULTS The UAG was inversely correlated with UACR in healthy cats (P < .002, r0 = -0.40) but not in cats with CKD (P = .55; r0 = -0.15). A significant difference was found between UAG in healthy cats and those with CKD (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE The UAG calculation cannot be used as a substitute for UACR in cats. The clinical relevance of UAG differences between healthy cats and those with CKD remains unknown.
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- Alyssa R. Berman
- Department of Small Animal Clinical ScienceUniversity of Florida College of Veterinary MedicineGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical ScienceUniversity of Florida College of Veterinary MedicineGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical ScienceUniversity of Florida College of Veterinary MedicineGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical ScienceUniversity of Florida College of Veterinary MedicineGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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- Department of Comparative, Diagnostics and Population MedicineUniversity of Florida College of Veterinary MedicineGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical ScienceUniversity of Florida College of Veterinary MedicineGainesvilleFloridaUSA
- Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal TransplantationUniversity of Florida College of MedicineGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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Koh ES. Hidden Acid Retention with Normal Serum Bicarbonate Level in Chronic Kidney Disease. Electrolyte Blood Press 2023; 21:34-43. [PMID: 37434806 PMCID: PMC10329907 DOI: 10.5049/ebp.2023.21.1.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
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Management of metabolic acidosis is crucial for preserving bone, muscle, and renal health, as evidenced by the results of several interventional studies conducted on patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Considering the continuity of CKD progression over time, it is reasonable to deduce that a subclinical form of metabolic acidosis may exist prior to the manifestation of overt metabolic acidosis. Covert H+ retention with normal serum bicarbonate level in patients with CKD may result in maladaptive responses that contribute to kidney function deterioration, even in the early stages of the disease. The loss of adaptive compensatory mechanisms of urinary acid excretion may be a key factor in this process. Early modulation of these responses could be an important therapeutic strategy in preventing CKD progression. However, to date, the optimal approach for alkali therapy in subclinical metabolic acidosis in CKD remains uncertain. There is a lack of established guidelines on when to initiate alkali therapy, potential side effects of alkali agents, and the optimal blood bicarbonate levels based on evidence-based practices. Therefore, further research is necessary to address these concerns and establish more robust guidelines for the use of alkali therapy in patients with CKD. Herein, we provide an overview of recent developments on this subject and examine the potential therapeutic approaches that interventional treatments may present for patients with hidden H+ retention, exhibiting normal serum bicarbonate levels - commonly described as subclinical or eubicarbonatemic metabolic acidosis in patients with CKD.
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- Eun Sil Koh
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Rehman MZ, Melamed M, Harris A, Shankar M, Rosa RM, Batlle D. Urinary Ammonium in Clinical Medicine: Direct Measurement and the Urine Anion Gap as a Surrogate Marker During Metabolic Acidosis. ADVANCES IN KIDNEY DISEASE AND HEALTH 2023; 30:197-206. [PMID: 36868734 DOI: 10.1053/j.akdh.2022.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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Ammonium is the most important component of urinary acid excretion, normally accounting for about two-third of net acid excretion. In this article, we discuss urine ammonium not only in the evaluation of metabolic acidosis but also in other clinical conditions such as chronic kidney disease. Different methods to measure urine NH4+ that have been employed over the years are discussed. The enzymatic method used by clinical laboratories in the United States to measure plasma ammonia via the glutamate dehydrogenase can be used for urine ammonium. The urine anion gap calculation can be used as a rough marker of urine ammonium in the initial bedside evaluation of metabolic acidosis such as in distal renal tubular acidosis. Urine ammonium measurements, however, should be made more available in clinical medicine for a precise evaluation of this important component of urinary acid excretion.
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- Mohammed Z Rehman
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Medicine (Nephrology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephro-urology, Bengaluru, India
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
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Kim HJ. Metabolic Acidosis in Chronic Kidney Disease: Pathogenesis, Clinical Consequences, and Treatment. Electrolyte Blood Press 2021; 19:29-37. [PMID: 35003283 PMCID: PMC8715222 DOI: 10.5049/ebp.2021.19.2.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The kidneys play an important role in regulating the acid-base balance. Metabolic acidosis is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and can lead to poor outcomes, such as bone demineralization, muscle mass loss, and worsening of renal function. Metabolic acidosis is usually approached with evaluating the serum bicarbonate levels but should be assessed by counting blood pH. Current guidelines recommend oral bicarbonate supplementation to maintain the serum bicarbonate levels within the normal range. However, a slow decline in the glomerular filtration rate might occur, even though the serum bicarbonate levels were in the normal range. Because the serum bicarbonate levels decrease when metabolic acidosis advances, other biomarkers are necessary to indicate acid retention for early diagnosis of metabolic acidosis. For this, urine citrate and ammonium excretion may be used to follow the course of CKD patients. Metabolic acidosis can be treated with an increased fruit and vegetable intake and oral alkali supplementation. Previous studies have suggested that administration of oral sodium bicarbonate may preserve kidney function without significant increases in blood pressure and body weight. Veverimer, a non-absorbed, counterion-free, polymeric drug, is emerging to treat metabolic acidosis, but further researches are awaited. Further studies are also needed to clarify the target therapeutic range of serum bicarbonate and the drugs used for metabolic acidosis.
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- Hyo Jin Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) comprises a group of disorders characterized by low capacity for net acid excretion and persistent hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis, despite preserved glomerular filtration rate. RTA are classified into chiefly three types (1, 2 and 4) based on pathophysiology and clinical and laboratory characteristics. Most patients have primary RTA that presents in infancy with polyuria, growth retardation, rickets and/or hypotonia. Diagnosis requires careful evaluation, including exclusion of other entities that can cause acidosis. A variety of tests, administered stepwise, are useful for the diagnosis and characterization of RTA. A genetic or acquired basis can be determined in majority of patients through focused evaluation. Management involves correction of acidosis and dyselectrolytemia; patients with proximal RTA with Fanconi syndrome and rickets require additional supplements of phosphate and vitamin D.
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- Arvind Bagga
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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Jung B, Martinez M, Claessens YE, Darmon M, Klouche K, Lautrette A, Levraut J, Maury E, Oberlin M, Terzi N, Viglino D, Yordanov Y, Claret PG, Bigé N. Diagnostic et Prise en Charge de l’Acidose Métabolique Recommandations formalisées d’experts communes Société de réanimation de langue française (SRLF) – Société française de médecine d’urgence (SFMU). ANNALES FRANCAISES DE MEDECINE D URGENCE 2019. [DOI: 10.3166/afmu-2019-0162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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L’acidose métabolique est un trouble fréquemment rencontré en médecine d’urgence et en médecine intensive réanimation. La littérature s’étant enrichie de nouvelles données concernant la prise en charge de l’acidose métabolique, la Société de Réanimation de Langue Française (SRLF) et la Société Française de Médecine d’Urgence (SFMU) ont élaboré des recommandations formalisées d’experts selon la méthodologie GRADE. Les champs de la stratégie diagnostique, de l’orientation et de la prise en charge thérapeutique ont été traités et vingt-neuf recommandations ont été formulées : quatre recommandations fortes (Grade 1), dix recommandations faibles (Grade 2) et quinze avis d’experts. Toutes ont obtenu un accord fort. L’application des méthodes d’Henderson-Hasselbalch et de Stewart pour le diagnostic du mécanisme de l’acidose métabolique est discutée et un algorithme diagnostique est proposé. L’utilisation de la cétonémie et des lactatémies veineuse et capillaire est également traitée. L’intérêt du pH, de la lactatémie et de sa cinétique pour l’orientation des patients en pré-hospitalier et aux urgences est envisagé. Enfin, les modalités de l’insulinothérapie au cours de l’acidocétose diabétique, les indications de la perfusion de bicarbonate de sodium et de l’épuration extra-rénale ainsi que les modalités de la ventilation mécanique au cours des acidoses métaboliques sévères sont traitées dans la prise en charge thérapeutique.
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Jung B, Martinez M, Claessens YE, Darmon M, Klouche K, Lautrette A, Levraut J, Maury E, Oberlin M, Terzi N, Viglino D, Yordanov Y, Claret PG, Bigé N. Diagnosis and management of metabolic acidosis: guidelines from a French expert panel. Ann Intensive Care 2019; 9:92. [PMID: 31418093 PMCID: PMC6695455 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-019-0563-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Metabolic acidosis is a disorder frequently encountered in emergency medicine and intensive care medicine. As literature has been enriched with new data concerning the management of metabolic acidosis, the French Intensive Care Society (Société de Réanimation de Langue Française [SRLF]) and the French Emergency Medicine Society (Société Française de Médecine d’Urgence [SFMU]) have developed formalized recommendations from experts using the GRADE methodology. The fields of diagnostic strategy, patient assessment, and referral and therapeutic management were addressed and 29 recommendations were made: 4 recommendations were strong (Grade 1), 10 were weak (Grade 2), and 15 were experts’ opinions. A strong agreement from voting participants was obtained for all recommendations. The application of Henderson–Hasselbalch and Stewart methods for the diagnosis of the metabolic acidosis mechanism is discussed and a diagnostic algorithm is proposed. The use of ketosis and venous and capillary lactatemia is also treated. The value of pH, lactatemia, and its kinetics for the referral of patients in pre-hospital and emergency departments is considered. Finally, the modalities of insulin therapy during diabetic ketoacidosis, the indications for sodium bicarbonate infusion and extra-renal purification as well as the modalities of mechanical ventilation during severe metabolic acidosis are addressed in therapeutic management.
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- Boris Jung
- Département de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, CHU Montpellier, 34000, Montpellier, France. .,INSERM U-1046, CNRS U-9234 (PhyMedExp), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
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- Pôle Urgence, CH du Forez, 42605, Montbrison, France.,Réseau d'urgence Ligérien Ardèche Nord (REULIAN), Centre Hospitalier Le Corbusier, 42700, Firminy, France
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- Département de Médecine d'urgence, Centre Hospitalier Princesse-Grace, Avenue Pasteur, 98012, Monaco, France
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- Unité de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, Hôpital Universitaire Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, Paris, France.,France Inserm, ECSTRA Team, UMR 1153, Centre d'Epidémiologie et de Biostatistique, CRESS, Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM U-1046, CNRS U-9234 (PhyMedExp), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Département de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, CHU Lapeyronie, 371, Avenue Doyen-Gaston-Giraud, 34295, Montpellier, France
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- Réanimation, Centre Jean-Perrin, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,LMGE, UMR CNRS 6023, Université Clermont-Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Département de Médecine d'urgence, CHU de Nice, Hôpital Pasteur-II, 30, Avenue de la Voie Romaine, 06000, Nice, France.,UFR de Médecine, Université de Nice Côte d'Azur, Avenue de Vallombrose, 06000, Nice, France
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- Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 184, Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Université, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie-Paris-VI, Paris, France.,Inserm U1136, 75012, Paris, France
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- Structure des Urgences, Centre Hospitalier de Cahors, 335, Rue Wilson, 46000, Cahors, France
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- Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, Université de Grenoble, Grenoble, France.,Inserm, U1042, Université Grenoble-Alpes, HP2, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Service des Urgences Adultes, CS 10217, CHU Grenoble-Alpes, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 09, Grenoble, France.,Inserm U1042, Laboratoire HP2 Hypoxie-Physiopathologies, Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, Sorbonne Universités, 75013, Paris, France.,Inserm, U1153, Université Paris-Descartes, 75006, Paris, France.,Service des Urgences, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75012, Paris, France
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- Pôle Anesthésie Réanimation Douleur Urgences, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes, 4, Rue du Professeur-Robert-Debré, 30029, Nîmes, France
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- Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 184, Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, Paris, France
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Palmer BF, Clegg DJ. The Use of Selected Urine Chemistries in the Diagnosis of Kidney Disorders. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2019; 14:306-316. [PMID: 30626576 PMCID: PMC6390907 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.10330818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Urinary chemistries vary widely in both health and disease and are affected by diet, volume status, medications, and disease states. When properly examined, these tests provide important insight into the mechanism and therapy of various clinical disorders that are first detected by abnormalities in plasma chemistries. These tests cannot be interpreted in isolation, but instead require knowledge of key clinical information, such as medications, physical examination, and plasma chemistries, to include kidney function. When used appropriately and with knowledge of limitations, urine chemistries can provide important insight into the pathophysiology and treatment of a wide variety of disorders.
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- Biff F Palmer
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; and
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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