As a food, sodium bicarbonate, or baking soda, has many uses. Its added to a variety of baked goods as a leavening agent, which gives them a fluffy texture. Soaking beans in baking soda can improve ...

Sodium bicarbonate entered acute care protocols in the 1950s as a staple of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidance. Skepticism grew across the 1980s and beyond as routine dosing failed to show ...

Interpretation of the findings Sodium bicarbonate therapy did not affect day 90 mortality in patients with severe metabolic acidemia (pH ≤7.20) and moderate to severe acute kidney injury. Less ...