Table 5 Profile of cohort a subjects with idRTA
From: Relationship between rickets and incomplete distal renal tubular acidosis in children
| Â | Pre Ammonium chloride loading test | Post Ammonium chloride loading test and intervention with shohls solution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Diagnosis | 3 months | 6 months | 3 months | 6 months | p |
Mean age (yrs) | 4.95 ± 0.36 |  |  |  |  |  |
Mean wt (kg) | 7.62 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mean serum calcium (mmol/L) | 2.15 | 1.90 | 1.80 | 2.37 | 2.48 | P < 0.01 |
Mean serum phosphate (mmol/L) | 1.36 | 1.46 | 1.49 | 1.42 | 1.21 | P < 0.01 |
Mean plasma alkaline phosphatase (U/L) | 925 | 1250 | 1234 | 810 | 660 | P < 0.01 |
Mean plasma bicarbonate (mmol/L) | 20 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 24 | P < 0.01 |
Radiography | Florid rickets | Â | No improvement | Â | Healing Zone of calcification seen. | Â |