SODIUM BICARBONATE (NaHCO3) Flashcards
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SODIUM BICARBONATE (NaHCO3)
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Name/Class: SODIUM BICARBONATE (NaHCO3)/Alkalizing Agent
Description: Sodium bicarbonate provides vascular bicarbonate to assist the buffer system in reducing the effects of metabolic acidosis and in the treatment of some overdoses.
Indications: Tricyclic antidepressant and barbiturate overdose, refractory acidosis, or hyperkalemia.
Contraindications: None when used in severe hypoxia or late cardiac arrest.
Precautions: May cause alkalosis if given in too large a quantity. It may also deactivate vasopressors and may precipitate with calcium chloride.
Dosage/Route: 1 mEq/kg IV, then 0.5 mEq/kg/10 min.
Pedi: same as adult (may be given IO).
