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Open Access 01-12-2021 | Acute Kidney Injury | Review

Management of acute metabolic acidosis in the ICU: sodium bicarbonate and renal replacement therapy

Authors: Kosuke Yagi, Tomoko Fujii

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2021

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This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2021. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2021. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from https://link.springer.com/bookseries/8901.

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Title: Management of acute metabolic acidosis in the ICU: sodium bicarbonate and renal replacement therapy
Authors: Kosuke Yagi
Tomoko Fujii
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Acute Kidney Injury
Metabolic Acidosis
Acidosis
Acute Kidney Injury
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-021-03677-4

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Management of acute metabolic acidosis in the ICU: sodium bicarbonate and renal replacement therapy

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