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Once a mainstay of treatment, NaHCO3 was theorized to push potassium into the cell by using a sodium-hydrogen exchange pump. Unfortunately, several studies have failed to show a strong effect for NaHCO3, and bicarb therapy has largely fallen out favor. Some clinicians reserve its use for patients with hyperkalemia and acidemia, where the Na+/H+ ... ................
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