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Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Urol. 2009 May;6(5):262–271. doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2009.50

Table 1.

Typical cavernosal blood gases values.

Source	pH	Po₂ (mm-Hg)	Pco₂ (mm-Hg)
Ischemic priapism	< 7.25	< 30	> 60
Non-ischemic priapism	> 7.30	> 50	< 40
Normal arterial blood	7.40	> 90	< 40