urine sample Oral sodium bicarbonate therapy given to patients with chronic kidney disease increases urinary pH but also increases urinary citrate levels, which may mitigate the risk for calcium ...

Sodium hydrogen carbonate (sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3) is a time-honored remedy for acid indigestion. It gives off CO 2 when it is heated, which makes cakes and cookies rise during baking. It can ...

Sodium bicarbonate is an antacid medication that can help treat people with kidney disease who develop metabolic acidosis. Kidney disease, also known as “chronic kidney disease” (CKD), is a condition ...

Sodium bicarbonate is an antacid medication that could treat metabolic acidosis in people with kidney disease. If a person has kidney disease, it may cause them to develop metabolic acidosis. This ...

During a recent shift, our emergency department (ED) team saw a patient with fairly severe diabetic ketoacidosis. The patient's serum bicarbonate level was 6 mEq/L and the venous pH was 6.85. During ...

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 frequent kidney replacement therapy ...

During the past two years we have successfully reversed an apparently declivitous course in 6 patients with refractory bronchial asthma by correcting respiratory acidosis with sodium bicarbonate given ...

Anyone who’s done speedwork or lifted heavy knows the feeling—that achy, burning sensation in your muscles that grinds your workout to a halt. It’s painful, annoying, and pretty much impossible to ...