Describes acid-base physiology and discusses the diagnosis ... and bicarbonate losses from the kidney or in gastrointestinal secretions. Calculation of the plasma anion gap is particularly useful ...

Animal-based foods typically produce acids. Plant-based foods typically produce bases (alkalines). When severe, diet-induced ...

More than 517, opens new tab kidney and liver transplants have been performed between donors and recipients with HIV since the HOPE Act came into effect, providing a “large body of evidence ...

(CNN) — People in the United States who have HIV and need kidney or liver transplants can now receive organs from donors who also have HIV without having to be part of a research study.