Sodium bicarbonate therapy is useful for the treatment ... In both, the total carbon dioxide concentration was low (5 and 9 mEq per liter), suggesting a pre-existing acidosis; it is assumed ...

The serum bicarbonate concentration reached a nadir of 8 meq/L and the chloride peaked at 122 meq/L on hospital day 3, at which time a continuous infusion of sodium bicarbonate was added.

In a 2013 study, people received 60 milliequivalents of potassium ... which is potassium acid carbonate—is not baking soda ...