Sodium bicarbonate: Basically useless therapy

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 831-835

  Aschner, Judy L ^a,c   L Poland, Ronald ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Metabolic acidosis; Neonatal resuscitation; NICU; Sodium bicarbonate

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ACIDOSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TISSUE OXYGENATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARREST; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACIDOSIS, RESPIRATORY; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; SODIUM BICARBONATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54049102830     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2400     Document Type: Review

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