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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2007 Jan;153(1):104.e1–104.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.10.003

TABLE 3.

Blood Gas Response to Acute Nitroprusside Infusion

Variables Baseline Peak Nitroprusside P-Value
PaO2 (mm Hg) 72.3 ± 16.6 70.9 ± 10.2 0.79
PaCO2 (mm Hg) 36.8 ± 4.7 35.1 ± 4.5 0.48
CaO2 (mm Hg) 17.5 ± 3.0 16.4 ± 3.1 0.01
CvO2 (mmHg) 10.8 ± 2.3 12.19 ± 2.8 0.001
SaO2 (%) 0.94 ± 0.03 0.95 ± 0.02 0.91
SvO2 (%) 0.59 ± 0.06 0.69 ± 0.05 0.001
SOT (mL/min/m2) 337.4 ± 69.2 524.1 ± 132.0 0.001

PaO2, arterial partial pressure of oxygen; PaCO2, arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide; CaO2, arterial content of oxygen; CvO2, arterial content of carbon dioxide; SOT, systemic oxygen transport. Data are presented as Mean±SD, n=12.