Is there a role for sodium bicarbonate in treating lactic acidosis from shock?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-383

  Boyd, John H ^a   Walley, Keith R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Critical Care Research Laboratories   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate; Lactic acidosis; Shock

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; PROTON;

ACIDEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; PH MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; SHOCK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; HUMANS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

EID: 50349086366     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3283069d5c     Document Type: Review

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