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Hydrochloric Acid in the Correction of Metabolic Alkalosis
Alden H. Harken, MD;
Ronald A. Gabel, MD;
Vladimir Fencl, MD;
Francis D. Moore, MD
Arch Surg. 1975;110(7):819-821.
Abstract
Intravenous infusion of hydrochloric acid was used as a safe, effective, and quantitative method for correction of metabolic alkalosis in two patients. The first shows the risks of intravenously administered ammonium chloride, the currently available alternative to hydrochloric acid therapy. The second shows the efficacy of intravenously administered hydrochloric acid. While breathing spontaneously throughout the period of severe alkalosis, this patient showed compensatory hypoventilation with conspicuous increase in arterial carbon dioxide pressure. Normal spontaneous ventilation returned with correction of the metabolic alkalosis.
Author Affiliations
From the departments of surgery (Drs. Harken and Moore) and anesthesia (Drs. Gabel and Fencl), Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Dr. Harken is currently with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 23, 1974.
Reprint requests to Department of the Army, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20012 (Dr. Harken).
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