Setting: A pediatric ICU (PICU) of a tertiary care university hospital. Patients: Seventeen children with LTA who received sodium bicarbonate. Measurements and results: In January 1999, a new ...

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We did not use lung function tests or a scoring system to assess the severity of asthma before and after the administration of sodium bicarbonate. Lung function is, of course, unreliable in acute ...