Extract: This report concerns two patients with primary renal tubular acidosis (RTA) in whom the abnormality in hydrogen excretion was shown to result from inappropriate urinary loss of bicarbonate ...

This is the solution to a case we presented recently. You may review the case here. The patient had complained of dyspnea, and an abnormal electrolyte panel revealed a decreased bicarbonate level of ...

The kidneys play a central role in maintaining systemic acid–base homeostasis by finely regulating the reabsorption of bicarbonate and the secretion of protons along the renal tubules. Central to this ...