Sodium bicarbonate for kidney protection in cardiac surgery: demise of yet another magic bullet?

Affiliations

¹ From the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (D.N.W.); Department of Anesthesia, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (D.N.W.); Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (D.N.W.); Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (C.R.P.); Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, Connecticut (C.R.P.); and Program of Applied Translational Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (C.R.P.).

Editorial

Duminda N Wijeysundera et al. Anesthesiology. 2015 Feb.

. 2015 Feb;122(2):233-5.

doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000548.

¹ From the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (D.N.W.); Department of Anesthesia, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (D.N.W.); Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (D.N.W.); Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (C.R.P.); Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, Connecticut (C.R.P.); and Program of Applied Translational Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (C.R.P.).

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Sodium bicarbonate and renal function after cardiac surgery: a prospectively planned individual patient meta-analysis.
Bailey M, McGuinness S, Haase M, Haase-Fielitz A, Parke R, Hodgson CL, Forbes A, Bagshaw SM, Bellomo R. Bailey M, et al. Anesthesiology. 2015 Feb;122(2):294-306. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000547. Anesthesiology. 2015. PMID: 25501691