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Acid-Base Disturbances

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Manual of Clinical Nephrology of the Rogosin Kidney Center

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The pH of body fluids is maintained within narrow limits by physiologic buffers, by respiratory regulation of pC02, and by renal control of H + excretion. The pH is defined as the negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration and is related to hydrogen ion concentration as shown in Table 1.

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  1. Medical Center, Rogosin Kidney Center, The New York Hospital-Cornell University, USA

    Jhoong S. Cheigh M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, Medicine and Surgery, Director, In-Patient Care), Kurt H. Stenzel M.D. (Professor of Biochemisrty and Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Medical Director) & Albert L. Rubin M.D. (Professor of Biochemisrty, Medicine and Surgery, Director) (Associate Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, Medicine and Surgery, Director, In-Patient Care),  (Professor of Biochemisrty and Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Medical Director) &  (Professor of Biochemisrty, Medicine and Surgery, Director)

  2. Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, USA

    Jhoong S. Cheigh M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, Medicine and Surgery, Director, In-Patient Care), Kurt H. Stenzel M.D. (Professor of Biochemisrty and Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Medical Director) & Albert L. Rubin M.D. (Professor of Biochemisrty, Medicine and Surgery, Director) (Associate Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, Medicine and Surgery, Director, In-Patient Care),  (Professor of Biochemisrty and Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Medical Director) &  (Professor of Biochemisrty, Medicine and Surgery, Director)

  3. Rogosin Kidney Center, The New York Hospital, New York, New York, USA

    Jhoong S. Cheigh M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, Medicine and Surgery, Director, In-Patient Care), Kurt H. Stenzel M.D. (Professor of Biochemisrty and Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Medical Director) & Albert L. Rubin M.D. (Professor of Biochemisrty, Medicine and Surgery, Director) (Associate Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, Medicine and Surgery, Director, In-Patient Care),  (Professor of Biochemisrty and Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Medical Director) &  (Professor of Biochemisrty, Medicine and Surgery, Director)

  4. The New York Hospital, Cornel University Medical College, USA

    Kurt H. Stenzel M.D. (Professor of Biochemisrty and Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Medical Director) (Professor of Biochemisrty and Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Medical Director)

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Stenzel, K.H. (1981). Acid-Base Disturbances. In: Cheigh, J.S., Stenzel, K.H., Rubin, A.L. (eds) Manual of Clinical Nephrology of the Rogosin Kidney Center. Developments in Nephrology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8210-9_3

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