Sodium is the secret re-agent of bicarbonate therapy during hyperkalemia

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Nephrology, Transplantation and Emergency, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France. Electronic address: thomas.robert@tnn.aphp.fr.
• ² Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France.
• ³ Department of Nephrology, Transplantation and Emergency, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France.
• ⁴ Department of Nephrology, Transplantation and Emergency, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France. Electronic address: laurent.mesnard@tnn.aphp.fr.