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kurthr•about 3 hours ago

Conclusions and Relevance There was no significant difference in sustained return of spontaneous circulation between sodium bicarbonate and placebo in adults with in-hospital cardiac arrest. These findings do not support routine administration of sodium bicarbonate for patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest.

anitil•about 3 hours ago

> These findings do not support routine administration of sodium bicarbonate for patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Huh, I'd heard of this as an intervention and just assumed it worked

antonvs•about 3 hours ago

The logic for bicarb use here was basically the same as for injecting bleach to cure an infection: it works in a test tube. There was no clinical evidence for it.

In fact the evidence against its use goes back to at least 1976:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1554/

Sodium Bicarbonate for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest – A Randomized Clinical Trial

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