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* Urine pH is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of renal tubular acidosis. | * Urine pH is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of renal tubular acidosis.<ref name="pmid238344">{{cite journal |vauthors=Droste E, Mietens C |title=Diagnosis and therapy of renal tubular acidosis in infancy |journal=Z Kinderheilkd |volume=119 |issue=3 |pages=151–9 |date=1975 |pmid=238344 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
* The following result of urine pH is confirmatory of renal tubular acidosis: | * The following result of urine pH is confirmatory of renal tubular acidosis: | ||
** Urine pH of 5.3 or less. | ** Urine pH of 5.3 or less. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Urine pH is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of renal tubular acidosis.
Diagnostic study of choice
- Urine pH is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of renal tubular acidosis.[1]
- The following result of urine pH is confirmatory of renal tubular acidosis:
- Urine pH of 5.3 or less.
- In most cases of distal renal tubular acidosis, the urine pH is persistently 5.5 or higher