Postoperative Compensatory Ammonium Excretion Subsequent to Systemic Acidosis in Cardiac Patients

Figure 4

Intraoperative amounts of administered sodium bicarbonate. In the context of intraoperative acid-base status management, all patients received sodium bicarbonate by the perfusionist to antagonize dilutional acidosis originating from introduction of the priming and the cardioplegic solution into the patients’ systemic circulation, which are both devoid of bicarbonate. Values are shown as mean ± standard deviation. n.s. = not significant.