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Table 3 . Blood gas data in the inflow and outflow of the extracorporeal CO 2 removal (ECCO 2 R) circuits in the saline, NaHCO 3 , and trometamol groups a .

a Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation, with range in brackets.

*significantly different in comparison with Saline, p < 0.05;

significantly different in comparison with NaHCO3 , p < 0.05

Parameters

Saline

(n = 5)

NaHCO 3

(n = 4)

Trometamol

(n = 5)

p value

Outflow blood

pH

7.221 ± 0.029

(7.176−7.245)

7.494 ± 0.024 *

(7.461−7.515)

7.449 ± 0.026 *

(7.401−7.469)

< 0.0001

PaCO 2 (mmHg)

52.9 ± 4.9

(48.0−59.8)

55.8 ± 2.9

(53.0−59.3)

49.9 ± 2.8

(47.0−54.4)

0.1046

PaO 2 (mmHg)

38.7 ± 8.7

(30.1−49.4)

35.9 ± 2.1

(34.2−38.8)

35.1 ± 5.5

(30.0−43.8)

0.6607

HCO 3 − (mEq/L)

20.9 ± 2.3

(19.3−25.0)

42.5 ± 1.0 *

(41.6−43.4)

34.1 ± 2.9 *

(30.2−38.3)

< 0.0001

SO 2 (%)

54.2 ± 13.3

(40.0−69.6)

72.6 ± 4.0 *

(68.2−77.1)

70.2 ± 2.8

(61.8−81.5)

0.0262

Inflow blood

pH

7.454 ± 0.101

(7.305−7.555)

7.676 ± 0.078 *

(7.605−7.748)

7.596 ± 2.3 *

(7.571−7.630)

0.0031

PaCO 2 (mmHg)

24.4 ± 5.3

(17.8−31.7)

33.8 ± 6.9

(27.7−40.3)

29.7 ± 4.1

(22.6−32.8)

0.0691

PaO 2 (mmHg)

623 ± 44

(575−688)

570 ± 51

(499−616)

588 ± 19

(559−604)

0.1569

HCO 3 − (mEq/L)

16.6 ± 1.5

(15.3−19.1)

39.8 ± 0.5 *

(39.1−40.4)

28.9 ± 2.9 *

(24.1−31.9)

< 0.0001