Type 4 RTA (hypoaldosteronism): Chronic hyperkalemia impairs ammoniagenesis.Treatment: Bicarbonate +/- potassium replacement Complications: Hypo- or hyperkalemia (depending on defect) Osteoporosis Nephrolithiasis (worse on treatment). Distal Type 1 RTA: Failure of H+ secretion in distal nephron with multiple mechanisms.Complications: Osteoporosis Nephrolithiasis and hypokalemia occur if bicarbonate (alkali) therapy given due to bicarbonaturia. Serum bicarbonate drops to new “set point”. Proximal renal tubular acidosis (Type 2 RTA): Damage to proximal tubule impairs bicarbonate reabsorption.Using “balanced” solution like ringer’s lactate instead of saline reduced major adverse kidney events by 1% in the SMART and SALTED trials NEJM 2018. Normal saline creates a non anion gap metabolic acidosis (NAGMA) due to chloride 154 mEq/L.Non gap metabolic acidosis: GI losses are the most common cause so “don’t go looking for the zebra of RTA”.Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD Written by: Matthew Watto MD and Joel Topf MD Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at.
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Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. You may want to go back and check out episode #88 Acid Base, Boy Bands and Grandfather Clocks with Joel Topf MD if you haven’t heard it yet. Check out Dr Topf’s awesome slides on renal tubular acidosis at. We review the three buckets of non gap metabolic acidosis, normal renal physiology & acid base handling, points of failure in RTA, complications and treatment of RTA. Serum electrolytes, BUN, creatinine, and urine pH are measured in all patients.Renal tubular acidosis aka RTA deconstructed by Joel Topf MD, Chief of Nephrology at Kashlak Memorial Hospital. ABG sampling is done to help confirm RTA and to exclude respiratory alkalosis as a cause of compensatory metabolic acidosis.
Symptoms develop slowly and in advanced stages include anorexia, nausea, vomiting, stomatitis, dysgeusia.
Type 4 RTA should be suspected in patients who have persistent hyperkalemia with no obvious cause, such as potassium supplements, potassium-sparing diuretics, or chronic kidney disease Chronic Kidney Disease Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is long-standing, progressive deterioration of renal function. read more (low plasma bicarbonate and low blood pH) with normal anion gap. RTA is suspected in any patient with unexplained metabolic acidosis Metabolic Acidosis Metabolic acidosis is primary reduction in bicarbonate (HCO3−), typically with compensatory reduction in carbon dioxide partial pressure (Pco2) pH may be markedly low or slightly subnormal. It typically occurs sporadically secondary to impairment in the renin- aldosterone-renal tubule axis (hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism), which occurs in patients with the following: This disorder is the most common type of RTA. Urine pH is usually appropriate for serum pH (usually 17 mEq/L (17 mmol/L). Hyperkalemia may decrease ammonia excretion, contributing to metabolic acidosis Metabolic Acidosis Metabolic acidosis is primary reduction in bicarbonate (HCO3−), typically with compensatory reduction in carbon dioxide partial pressure (Pco2) pH may be markedly low or slightly subnormal.
Because aldosterone triggers sodium resorption in exchange for potassium and hydrogen, there is reduced potassium excretion, causing hyperkalemia Hyperkalemia Hyperkalemia is a serum potassium concentration > 5.5 mEq/L (> 5.5 mmol/L), usually resulting from decreased renal potassium excretion or abnormal movement of potassium out of cells. Type 4 results from aldosterone deficiency or unresponsiveness of the distal tubule to aldosterone. read more, oculocerebrorenal syndrome, cystinosis). Diagnosis is based on a low serum ceruloplasmin level, high urinary excretion. read more, and other inherited diseases (eg, fructose intolerance, Wilson disease Wilson Disease Wilson disease results in accumulation of copper in the liver and other organs. (See also Overview of Tubulointerstitial Diseases.) Heavy metals (eg, lead, cadmium, copper) and other toxins. read more, heavy metal exposure Heavy Metal Nephropathy Exposure to heavy metals and other toxins can result in tubulointerstitial disorders. (See also Overview of Transplantation.) The primary indication for kidney transplantation is End-stage renal failure. It sometimes has other etiologies, including vitamin D deficiency, chronic hypocalcemia with secondary hyperparathyroidism, kidney transplantation Kidney Transplantation Kidney transplantation is the most common type of solid organ transplantation.