Table 2.

Blood gases at baseline and during ischaemia–reperfusion (n = 5 in control and in in utero anaemia group)

	Baseline		End of occlusion		1-h reperfusion		2-h reperfusion
	Control	Anaemia	Control	Anaemia	Control	Anaemia	Control	Anaemia
pH	7.485 ± 0.017	7.434 ± 0.015	7.488 ± 0.034	7.430 ± 0.036	7.485 ± 0.032	7.436 ± 0.048	7.494 ± 0.022	7.464 ± 0.046
pCO2	36.6 ± 1.7	41.8 ± 2.1	35.0 ± 2.3	40.6 ± 3.8	33.9 ± 3.4	42.6 ± 4.5	33.8 ± 3.0	42.2 ± 6.3
pO2	407.0 ± 40.4	485.6 ± 42.5	407.8 ± 61.0	299.8 ±43.1*	388.0 ± 65.7	315.8 ±22.1*	398.3 ± 68.6	400.8 ± 30.3
Oxygen content	12.2 ± 0.5	13.1 ± 0.7	12.6 ± 0.4	12.2 ± 0.5	13.0 ± 0.6	11.9 ± 0.3	12.8 ± 0.9	12.7 ± 0.2
Haemoglobin	9.2 ± 0.4	10.0 ± 0.6	9.6 ± 0.3	9.3 ± 0.3	9.9 ± 0.5	9.1 ± 0.2	9.7 ± 0.7	9.7 ± 0.1
O2Hb (%)	95.0 ± 0.3	94.5 ± 0.6	94.1 ± 0.7	93.9 ± 0.8	94.6 ± 0.3	93.4 ± 0.9	94.7 ± 0.4	93.7 ± 0.7

Values are mean ± SEM. Anaemia represents in utero anaemia. pO₂, arterial pO₂; pCO₂, arterial pCO₂.

^*P < 0.01 compared with baseline.