Relation between plasma potassium and bicarbonate reabsorption
Relation between plasma potassium and bicarbonate reabsorption
Renal tubular reabsorption of HCO3– as a function of the plasma K concentration. There is an inverse relationship with HCO3– reabsorption, rising with hypokalemia and falling with hyperkalemia.
GFR: glomerular filtration rate.
Data from: Fuller GR, MacLeod MB, Pitts RF. Am J Physiol 1956; 182:111.
