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Prior low-quality evidence has suggested that sodium bicarbonate may benefit critically ill patients with severe metabolic acidemia and acute kidney injury (AKI). In this randomized trial of patients ...

Montpellier University Hospital leads a 43-center French effort that reports no reduction in day 90 all-cause mortality with sodium bicarbonate infusion for critically ill adults with severe metabolic ...

Interpretation of the findings Sodium bicarbonate therapy did not affect day 90 mortality in patients with severe metabolic acidemia (pH ≤7.20) and moderate to severe acute kidney injury. Less ...