Table 2.

Blood gas changes before and after resuscitation.

	Vaso 0.4 U/kg	Epi 0.02 mg/kg	p-value
pH
Baseline	7.53 (7.47–7.56)	7.52 (7.49–7.59)	0.63
After asphyxiation	6.65 (6.56–6.81)#	6.59 (6.58–6.72)#	0.74
1 h after resuscitation	7.31 (7.01–7.33)#	7.07 (6.76–7.17)#	0.26
4 h after resuscitation	7.46 (7.32–7.47)	7.11 (7.05–7.17)#	0.09
PaCO2
Baseline	36 (28–37)	34 (31–36)	0.98
After asphyxiation	83 (78–100)#	100 (90–123)#	0.16
1 h after resuscitation	33 (28–43)	36 (32–46)	0.42
4 h after resuscitation	33 (28–39)	33 (29–36)	0.30
PaO2
Baseline	68 (61–77)	73 (68–84)	0.29
After asphyxiation	16 (11–19)	14 (7–24)	0.94
1 h after resuscitation	80 (67–123)	80 (64–96)	0.86
4 h after resuscitation	68 (62–86)	72 (63–79)	0.86
Base excess
Baseline	2 (1 ∼ 4)	3 (0 ∼ 7)	0.84
After asphyxiation	−27 (−29 ∼ −22)#	−29 (−30 ∼ −23)#	0.63
1 h after resuscitation	−11 (−20 ∼ −10)#	−21 (−29 ∼ −15)#	0.26
4 h after resuscitation	−1 (−10 ∼ 1.5)	−18 (−24 ∼ −11)#	0.17
Lactate
Baseline	3.5 (2.9–5.7)	3.2 (2.0–4.5)	0.30
After asphyxiation	19.6 (18.2–20.0)#	16.1 (15.5–19.1)#	0.09
1 h after resuscitation	15.5 (14.6–17.6)#	18 (16.8–18.2)#	0.13
4 h after resuscitation	6.3 (5.0–9.6)	13.4 (8.9–17.8)#	0.19

Data are presented as median (IQR); ^# Significantly different from baseline values.