THE task of regulating acid–base balance in the body is shared by the lungs and the kidneys. Each day the lungs remove some 20 moles of carbon dioxide, and the kidneys excrete 40 to 80 mEq of ...
The kidneys do a lot of work to ensure that the body is healthy, so this Kidney Health Month let’s take a look at just how our kidneys function. Emmanuelle Gilles, MD, a Board Certified Nephrologist ...