Complexities, Benefits, Risks, and Clinical Implications of Sodium Bicarbonate Administration in Critically Ill Patients: A State-of-the-Art Review.

Sodium bicarbonate has been used in the treatment of different pathologies, such as hyperkalemia, cardiac arrest, tricyclic antidepressant toxicity, aspirin toxicity, acute acidosis, lactic acidosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, rhabdomyolysis, and adrenergic receptors' resistance to catecholamine in patients with shock. An ongoing debate about bicarbonate's efficacy and potential harm has been raised for decades because of the lack of evidence supporting its potential efficacy. Despite the guidelines' restrictions, sodium bicarbonate has been overused in clinical practice.

Utility of Fully Automated Body Composition Measures on Pretreatment Abdominal CT for Predicting Survival in Patients With Colorectal Cancer.

CT examinations contain opportunistic body composition data with potential prognostic utility. Previous studies have primarily used manual or semiautomated tools to evaluate body composition in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). The purpose of this article is to assess the utility of fully automated body composition measures derived from pretreatment CT examinations in predicting survival in patients with CRC.

Computed Tomography Assessment of Sarcopenic Myosteatosis for Predicting Overall Survival in Colorectal Carcinoma: Systematic Review.

Background: As the US population ages, cancer incidence and prevalence are projected to increase. In the last decade, there has been an increased interest in the opportunistic use of computed tomography (CT) scan data to predict cancer prognosis and inform treatment based on body composition measures, especially muscle measures for sarcopenia.

Objective: This article aimed to perform a systematic review of current literature related to CT assessment of muscle attenuation values for myosteatosis in colorectal cancer (CRC) survival prediction.