The use of sodium bicarbonate in the treatment of acidosis in sepsis: A literature update on a long term debate

Critical Care Research and Practice

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Velissaris, Dimitrios ^a   Karamouzos, Vasilios ^a   Ktenopoulos, Nikolaos ^a,b   Pierrakos, Charalampos ^c   Karanikolas, Menelaos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939148989     PISSN: 20901305     EISSN: 20901313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/605830     Document Type: Review

References (40)

1. D. J. Cooper, K. R. Walley, B. R. Wiggs, and J. A. Russell, "Bicarbonate does not improve hemodynamics in critically ill patients who have lactic acidosis: a prospective, controlled clinical study, " Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 112, no. 7, pp. 492-498, 1990.
2. D. Mathieu, R. Neviere, V. Billard, M. Fleyfel, and F. Wattel, "Effects of bicarbonate therapy on hemodynamics and tissue oxygenation in patients with lactic acidosis: a prospective, controlled clinical study, " Critical Care Medicine, vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 1352-1356, 1991.
3. Z. X. Fang, Y. F. Li, X. Q. Zhou et al. , "Effects of resuscitation with crystalloid fluids on cardiac function in patients with severe sepsis, " BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 8, article 50, 2008.
4. D. T. Noritomi, F. G. Soriano, J. A. Kellum et al. , "Metabolic acidosis in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: a longitudinal quantitative study, " Critical Care Medicine, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 2733-2739, 2009.
5. A. A. El-Solh, P. A. Jaoude, and J. Porhomayon, "Bicarbonate therapy in the treatment of septic shock: a second look, " Internal and Emergency Medicine, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 341-347, 2010.
6. B. Jung, T. Rimmele, C. Le Goff et al. , "Severe metabolic or mixed acidemia on intensive care unit admission: incidence, prognosis and impact of buffer therapy. Aprospective, multiplecenter study, " Critical Care, vol. 15, no. 5, article R238, 2011.
7. H. J. Kim, Y. K. Son, and W. S. An, "Effect of sodiumbicarbonate administration on mortality in patients with lactic acidosis: a retrospective analysis, " PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 6, Article ID e65283, 2013.
8. X.-F. Chen, J.-L. Ye, and Z.-Y. Zhu, "The use of sodium bicarbonate in stages in treating hypoperfusion induced lactic acidemia in septic shock, " Chinese Critical Care Medicine, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 24-27, 2013.
9. J. A. Kraut and I. Kurtz, "Use of base in the treatment of acute severe organic acidosis by nephrologists and critical care physicians: results of an online survey, " Clinical and Experimental Nephrology, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 111-117, 2006.
10. J. Levraut and D. Grimaud, "Treatment of metabolic acidosis, " CurrentOpinion in Critical Care, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 260-265, 2003.
11. A. Cariou, C. Vinsonneau, and J.-F. Dhainaut, "Adjunctive therapies in sepsis: an evidence-based review, " Critical Care Medicine, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. S562-S570, 2004.
12. J. H. Boyd and K. R. Walley, "Is there a role for sodium bicarbonate in treating lactic acidosis from shock?" Current Opinion in Critical Care, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 379-383, 2008.
13. M. M. Levy, R. P. Dellinger, S. R. Townsendet al. , "The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: results of an international guideline-based performance improvement program targeting severe sepsis, " Critical Care Medicine, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 367-374, 2010.
14. S. Garella, C. L. Dana, and J. A. Chazan, "Severity of metabolic acidosis as a determinant of bicarbonate requirements, " The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 289, no. 3, pp. 121-126, 1973.
15. F. Valenza, M. Pizzocri, V. Salice et al. , "Sodium bicarbonate treatment during transient or sustained lactic acidemia in normoxic and normotensive rats, " PLoS ONE, vol. 7, no. 9, Article ID e46035, 2012.
16. A. I. Arieff, W. Leach, R. Park, and V. C. Lazarowitz, "Systemic effects of NaHCO3 in experimental lactic acidosis in dogs, " TheAmerican Journal of Physiology-Renal Fluid and Electrolyte Physiology, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. F586-F591, 1982.
17. E. Benjamin, J. M. Oropello, A. M. Abalos et al. , "Effects of acid-base correction on hemodynamics, oxygen dynamics, and resuscitability in severe canine hemorrhagic shock, " Critical Care Medicine, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 1616-1623, 1994.
18. D. J. A. Goldsmith, L. G. Forni, and P. J. Hilton, "Bicarbonate therapy and intracellular acidosis, " Clinical Science, vol. 93, no. 6, pp. 593-598, 1997.
19. J. Levraut, C. Giunti, J.-P. Ciebiera et al. , "Initial effect of sodium bicarbonate on intracellular pH depends on the extracellular nonbicarbonate buffering capacity, " Critical Care Medicine, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 1033-1039, 2001.
20. H. B. Nielsen, L. Hein, L. B. Svendsen, N. H. Secher, and B. Quistorff, "Bicarbonate attenuates intracellular acidosis, " Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 579-584, 2002.
21. R. P. Dellinger, M. M. Levy, A. Rhodes et al. , "Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2012, " Critical Care Medicine, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 580-637, 2013.
22. M. H. Weil and A. A. Afifi, "Experimental and clinical studies on lactate and pyruvate as indicators of the severity of acute circulatory failure (shock), " Circulation, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 989-1001, 1970.
23. P. W. Stacpoole, E. C. Wright, T. G. Baumgartner et al. , "A controlled clinical trial of dichloroacetate for treatment of lactic acidosis in adults. The Dichloroacetate-Lactic Acidosis Study Group, " The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 327, no. 22, pp. 1564-1569, 1992.
24. S. Sabatini and N. A. Kurtzman, "Bicarbonate therapy in severe metabolic acidosis, " Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 692-695, 2009.
25. J. A. Kraut and N. E. Madias, "Lactic acidosis, " The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 371, no. 24, pp. 2309-2319, 2014.
26. N. E. Madias, "Lactic acidosis, " Kidney International, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 752-774, 1986.
27. P. W. Stacpoole, "Lactic acidosis, " Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 221-245, 1993.
28. A. I. Arieff, "Indications for use of bicarbonate in patients with metabolic acidosis, " British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 165-177, 1991.
29. B. J. Hindman, "Sodium bicarbonate in the treatment of subtypes of acute lactic acidosis: physiologic considerations, " Anesthesiology, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 1064-1076, 1990.
30. R. W. Samsel and P. T. Schumacker, "Oxygen delivery to tissues, " European Respiratory Journal, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 1258-1267, 1991.
31. T. Duke, "Dysoxia and lactate, " Archives ofDisease in Childhood, vol. 81, no. 4, pp. 343-350, 1999.
32. J. Levraut, J.-P. Ciebiera, S. Chave et al. , "Mild hyperlactatemia in stable septic patients is due to impaired lactate clearance rather than overproduction, " American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 157, no. 4, pp. 1021-1026, 1998.
33. S. Lim, "Metabolic acidosis, " Acta Medica Indonesiana, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 145-150, 2007.
34. J. A. Kellum, "Metabolic acidosis in patients with sepsis: epiphenomenon or part of the pathophysiology?" Critical Care and Resuscitation, vol. 6, pp. 197-203, 2004.
35. H. J. Adrogue and N. E. Madias, "Management of life-threatening acid-base disorders. First of two parts, " The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 338, no. 1, pp. 26-34, 1998.
36. S. M. Forsythe and G. A. Schmidt, "Sodium bicarbonate for the treatment of lactic acidosis, " Chest, vol. 117, no. 1, pp. 260-267, 2000.
37. B. Cuhaci, J. Lee, and Z. Ahmed, "Sodium bicarbonate controversy in lactic acidosis, " Chest, vol. 118, pp. 882-884, 2000.
38. J. S. Huseby and D. G. Gumprecht, "Hemodynamic effects of rapid bolus hypertonic sodium bicarbonate, " Chest, vol. 79, no. 5, pp. 552-554, 1981.
39. A. E. Kitabchi, G. E. Umpierrez, M. B. Murphy, and R. A. Kreisberg, "Hyperglycemic crises in adult patients with diabetes: a consensus statement fromthe American Diabetes Association, " Diabetes Care, vol. 29, no. 12, pp. 2739-2748, 2006.
40. R. F. Sing, C. A. Branas, and R. F. Sing, "Bicarbonate therapy in the treatment of lactic acidosis: medicine or toxin?" Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 52-57, 1995.