ArticleElectrolyte & blood pressure : E & BP2014
Effect of bicarbonate supplementation on renal function and nutritional indices in predialysis advanced chronic kidney disease.
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- Effects of oral alkali drug therapy on clinical outcomes in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Renal failure · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Treatment of Metabolic Acidosis in CKD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2019Pooled it
- Controversial issues in CKD clinical practice: position statement of the CKD-treatment working group of the Italian Society of Nephrology.Journal of nephrology · 2017Guideline
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- Sodium bicarbonate to improve physical function in patients over 60 years with advanced chronic kidney disease: the BiCARB RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
- Safety and efficacy of sodium bicarbonate for treating metabolic acidosis in chronic kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of nephrology · 2025Article
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- Effect of sodium bicarbonate on cardiovascular outcome and mortality in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Effects of Oral Sodium Bicarbonate Supplementation on Protein Metabolism and Inflammation in Iraqi Hemodialysis Patients: An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of nephrology · 2023Article
- Longitudinal trajectory of acidosis and mortality in acute kidney injury requiring continuous renal replacement therapy.BMC nephrology · 2022Article
- Effects of Oral Bicarbonate Supplementation on the Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Serum Nutritional Markers in Non-Dialysed Chronic Kidney Disease Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Lower bicarbonate level is associated with CKD progression and all-cause mortality: a propensity score matching analysis.BMC nephrology · 2022Article
- Metabolic Acidosis in Chronic Kidney Disease: Pathogenesis, Clinical Consequences, and Treatment.Electrolyte & blood pressure : E & BP · 2021Review
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Effects of Bicarbonate Therapy on Kidney Outcomes.Kidney international reports · 2021Article
- Effect of Oral Sodium Bicarbonate Treatment on 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Metabolic Acidosis.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Alkali supplementation as a therapeutic in chronic kidney disease: what mediates protection?American journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2020Review
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Abstract
Current practice guidelines recommend alkali therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and metabolic acidosis to prevent complications. This study aims to investigate the effect of oral sodium bicarbonate supplementation on the progression of renal function and nutritional indices in patients with predialysis advanced CKD. Forty patients with predialysis stage 5 CKD(estimated glomerular filtration rate, eGFR <15mL/min per 1.73m(2)) and 40 patients with stage 4 CKD (eGFR 15 to 30mL/min per 1.73m(2)) who had a total CO2 less than 22mEq/L were assigned into the bicarbonate treatment group or control group for 12 months. In stage 4 CKD, there were significant differences in the changes of eGFR during the study between the treatment group and the control group (-2.30±4.49 versus -6.58±6.32mL/min/1.73m(2), p<0.05). However, in stage 5 CKD, there were no significant differences in the change of eGFR during the study between the two groups (-2.10±2.06 versus -3.23±1.95mL/min/1.73 m(2)).There were no significant differences in the changes of nutritional indices such as albumin, prealbumin, transferrin, total lymphocyte count (TLC), and Ondodera's prognostic nutritional index (OPNI) during the study between the two groups. In stage 5 CKD, there were significant differences in the changes of TLC and OPNI between the two groups. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that bicarbonate supplementation slows the rate of decline of renal function in stage 4 CKD and improves nutritional indices in stage 5 CKD. Alkali therapy in advanced CKD may have beneficial effect on renal function and malnutrition.
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