In patients with acidemia, hypobicarbonatemia conferred a considerable risk of kidney failure requiring renal replacement therapy after adjusting for potential confounders. Incorporating venous pH ...

The ‘acidity myth’ is widely marketed; however, true systemic acidosis is rare in healthy individuals, and alkali therapy has ...

Bicarbonate ions are required for cell growth in some cancers, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the journal Molecular Cell. Inhibition of a key bicarbonate transporter could ...

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 ...

A 70-year-old woman is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with a pH of 7.1, an acute kidney injury (AKI), and ketonuria. She is volume depleted and her history is consistent with starvation ...