Alkali therapy extends the period of survival during hypoxia:
studies in rats.
Halperin, Frank A., Surinder Cheema-Dhadli, Ching Bun Chen, and
Mitchell L. Halperin.
Renal Division, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto,
Toronto, Canada
APStracts 3:0085R, 1996.
Aim: To evaluate whether sodium bicarbonate might be a useful form of
therapy for hypoxic L-lactic acidosis, our aim was to determine if
alkali could extend the time of survival in this setting.
Received 16 June 1995; accepted in final form 23 February 1996.
APS Manuscript Number R368-5.
Article publication pending Am. J. Physiol. (Regulatory Integrative
Comp. Physiology).
ISSN 1080-4757 Copyright 1996 The American Physiological Society.
Published in APStracts on 20 March 96