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. 2013 Apr 2;8(4):e60591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060591

Table 1. Influence of temperature and blood flow on MFPF PO2 measurements.

PO2 range [mmHg] N MFPF-CTE mean MFPF-CTE SD MFPF-CTE median
Temperature [°C]
20.0 0–140 5 −0.6 4.6 0.9
30.0 0–140 5 0.4 5.9 0.6
40.0 0–140 5 5.3 2.4 5.8
Total 15 1.7 5 2.9
20.0 140–600 12 13.3 28.7 28.6
30.0 140–600 11 29.4 34.9 35.9
40.0 140–600 11 31.8 21.9 40.1
Total 34 24.5 29.4 29.3
Flow [L min−1]
0.80 0–600 9 14.8 4.5 17.3
1.60 0–600 7 .6 9.7 −2.4
2.40 0–600 8 5.4 10.5 8.6
3.20 0–600 7 6.5 10.1 10.1
4.00 0–600 9 4.1 9.4 7.1
Total 40 6.6 9.8 8.4

PO2  =  oxygen partial pressure [mmHg]; MFPF  =  Multi Frequency Phase Fluorimetry; CTE  =  Clark-type electrode; SD  =  standard deviation.