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This article (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28775126) compares diagnostic tools for testing urinary acidification: ammonium chloride administration vs. the F&F test: furosemide and fludrocortisone. Although administration of NH4Cl may be the gold standard, it remains unclear if either test is necessary, and if diagnosing incomplete distal RTA has therapeutic significance.

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This page is a summary of: Refining Diagnostic Approaches in Nephrolithiasis: Incomplete Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, August 2017, American Society of Nephrology,
DOI: 10.2215/cjn.07160717.
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