Use of intravenous sodium bicarbonate in neonatal intensive care units in Italy: a nationwide survey

• Main Authors: Luca Massenzi (Author), Roberto Aufieri (Author), Silvia Donno (Author), Rocco Agostino (Author), Andrea Dotta (Author), on behalf of the Neonatal Pharmacotherapy Study Group of the Italian Society of Neonatology (SIN) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Metabolic Acidosis (MA) is a disturbance of the acid-base balance that can occur in preterm and critically ill term neonates due to different etiologies. Intravenous sodium bicarbonate (SB) has been traditionally used to correct such unbalance, despite the lack of evidence about...