Table 3.

Blood gas values.

	pH	PO2	PCO2	HCO3	BE
Sh	7.38 ± 0.04	115.75 ± 12.34	41.8 ± 5.7	25.45 ± 1.73	0.43 ± 1.38
Sh + EP	7.44 ± 0.08	107.43 ± 9.54	34.3 ± 11.6	23.51 ± 5.14	0.13 ± 2.49
S/C	7.20 ± 0.09a,b	79.88 ± 18.39	36.1 ± 7.05	15.4 ± 4.7	−9.38 ± 5.04a,b
S/C + EP	7.33 ± 0.07a,b	87.11 ± 14.29	36.9 ± 7.47	19.24 ± 2.88	−5.64 ± 2.8a,b

PaO₂: arterial oxygen pressure; PaCO₂: arterial carbon dioxide pressure; HCO₃: bicarbonate; BE: base excess.

^a P < 0.016 versus Sh.

^b P < 0.016 versus Sh + EP.

^c P < 0.016 versus S/C.