Participants were assigned 1:1 to intravenous 4.2% sodium bicarbonate or no sodium bicarbonate. Each infusion was 125 to 250 mL over 30 minutes, with a maximum of 1,000 mL in 24 hours and blood gas ...

Credit: Thinkstock Sodium bicarbonate is the most common treatment, but it has notable limitations, particularly in terms of patient adherence. Sodium bicarbonate has some down sides, but there are ...

Ozone (O3) exposure may reduce the availability of oxygen in the body, resulting in arterial stiffening due to the body’s natural response to create more red blood cells and hemoglobin, according to a ...

Background: Despite national guidelines recommending against its routine use, sodium bicarbonate (SB) is administered in approximately 50% of pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrests (p-IHCA). This may ...

Millions of parents have paid to bank blood from their infants’ umbilical cords. But storage companies have misled them about the cells’ promise. By Sarah Kliff Pregnant women are bombarded with ...

Doctors screen for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with an ankle-brachial index (ABI) test, which measures blood pressure in the legs. Experts recommend that anyone with PAD risk factors undergo ...

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 ...

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 ...