Nephrotoxicity: Bicarbonate versus saline in contrast-induced AKI

Nature Reviews Nephrology 11, 566 (2015). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2015.138 A prospective, double-blind, randomized trial has assessed whether infusion of sodium bicarbonate is protective against contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI). Solomon et al. compared the effects of high dose sodium bicarbonate with high dose sodium chloride in patients undergoing angiography with an estimated
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