Table 2.

List of patients, diagnoses, results and the therapeutic consequences

				Blood gases				Electrolytes				Assessment
No	Age	Sex	Indication	pH	pCO2	pO2		Na	K	Ca2+		Helpful?		Therapeutic consequences
1	74	M	Syncope	7.39	37	255		148	4.2	1.2		No		None
2	16	F	Hyperventilation tetany	-	-	-		147	4.1	1.16		No		None
3	83	F	Syncope	-	-	-		141	3.7	0.96		Yes		Substitution
4	35	M	Traumatic shock	-	-	-		150	3.3	1.03		Yes		Substitution
5	26	M	Head injury	7.49	31	322		147	3.4	1.07		Yes		Correction of ventilation
6	78	F	Coma	-	-	-		139	5.6	1.41		Yes		None
7	67	M	CPR	-	-	-		151	4.4	1.6		Yes		None
8	77	F	Dyspnoea	7.32	41	187		-	-	-		No		None
9	84	M	Lung edema	7.34	24	65		145	4.1	1.27		Yes		None
10	60	M	CPR	6.97	61	63		-	-	-		Yes		Buffering, correction of ventilation
				7.01	52	91		-	-	-
				6.96	59	83		141	5.1	1.18
11	90	F	CPR	7.02	65	88		148	4.9	1.2		Yes		Buffering, correction of ventilation
				7.12	57	101		-	-	-
12	42	F	Intoxication	7.36	38	234		147	4.4	0.89		Yes		None
13	86	F	Cardiac failure	7.35	33	91		144	4.0	0.99		Yes		None
14	83	F	Dyspnea	7.38	42	78		140	4.3	1.1		No		None
15	19	M	Intoxication	7.35	39	211		132	3.5	0.9		Yes		Correction of electrolytes
16	71	F	Tachycardia	-	-	-		142	4.4	1.1		Yes		None
17	76	M	Syncope, somnolence	-	-	-		134	3.5	1.4		Yes		Correction of electrolytes
18	74	M	Arrhythmia	-	-	-		145	4.5	0.98		Yes		None
19	90	F	Lung edema	7.35	48	58		142	3.8	1.2		Yes		Intubation
20	52	M	Cardiac failure, tachycardia	7.38	42	88		-	-	-		Yes		None
21	60	M	Coma	-	-	-		145	4.4	1.01		Yes		None

M = male; F = female; CPR = cardiopulmonary resuscitation.