Setting: A pediatric ICU (PICU) of a tertiary care university hospital. Patients: Seventeen children with LTA who received sodium bicarbonate. Measurements and results: In January 1999, a new protocol ...
The most common acid-base disturbance in patients with LTA is initial respiratory alkalosis, followed by metabolic acidosis, either alone or as part of a mixed acidosis. In 1976, Roncoroni et al [11] ...