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Following the rapid intravenous injection of sodium bicarbonate in 19 infants suffering from the respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn (RDS), arterial oxygen tension, arterial oxygen saturation and base excess rose, while arterial carbon dioxide tension and hydrogen ion concentration fell. Effective pulmonary blood flow rose, and right-to-left shunting diminished.

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/41/6/1063

EFFECTS OF SODIUM BICARBONATE BY RAPID INJECTION AND OF OXYGEN IN HIGH CONCENTRATION IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME OF THE NEWBORN