Sir,To the Editor of “Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine”In the manuscript, “Are we infusing acids into our patients’ blood?”[1] the author writes “A recent letter to the editor by Viktor Rosival in Indian Journal of Critical Care (2011 Jul; 15/3/:194) itself talks about clinical ineffectiveness of these bicarbonate buffers in presence of acidosis.” This is a misinterpretation. The letter only emphasizes the effectiveness of infusions of sodium bicarbonate: the comatosepatient with very low blood pH is recovering to full alertness.