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. 2011 Apr 26;2011:750301. doi: 10.5402/2011/750301

Table 2.

Respiratory parameters before and during pulmonary artery embolism.

Baseline Embolism 1 Embolism 2 Embolism 3
pH 7.40 ± 0.01 7.34 ± 0.02a 7.30 ± 0.01ab 7.25 ± 0.02abc
PaO2, mmHg 164 ± 20 120 ± 20a 88 ± 12a 51 ± 5abc
PaCO2, mmHg 36 ± 1 39 ± 5a 48 ± 5ab 62 ± 6abc

Values are means ± s.e.m (n = 10).

a P < .05 versus baseline; b P < .05 versus embolism 1; c P < .05 versus embolism 2.