Reproductive health and childbirth
Bicarbonate for AcidosiS in very pretErm babies: a randomised clinical trial: The BASE Trial (BASE)
Sodium bicarbonate is widely,but not universally,used to treat metabolic acidosis in very preterm babies but the evidence underpinning its use is poor. The BASE trial aims to answer the question,‘In very preterm babies with metabolic acidosis,does giving them sodium bicarbonate or not impact on their health and development in the short and long term?’
The primary objective of the BASE trial is to evaluate the effect of sodium bicarbonate on survival to discharge from neonatal care without major morbidity.
In this randomised ...
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