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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Resuscitation. 2011 Dec;82(0 2):S35–S40. doi: 10.1016/S0300-9572(11)70149-6

Table 3.

Arterial blood gasses during CPR and after ROSC.

Arterial Blood Gases Baseline 5 min CPR 30 min ROSC
SNPeCPR
  pH 7.43± 0.01 7.19± 0.02* 7.27± 0.04
  pCO2 43± 1 48± 3 40± 2
  pO2 319± 64 181± 15 267± 70
  HCO3 28.4± 0.5 17.5± 0.8* 17.1± 0.8
  SaO2 (%) 99± 1 100 100± 0
  ETCO2 41± 1 35± 2* 39± 3
S-CPR
  pH 7.42± 0.02 7.26± 0.02 7.24± 0.02
  pCO2 45± 1 38± 1 39± 2
  pO2 329± 64 185± 37 252± 58
  HCO3 29.3± 0.6 15.9± 0.9 18.1± 0.7
  SaO2 (%) 99± 1 100 100± 0
  ETCO2 41± 1 21± 2 38± 1

Mean± SD. Arterial blood gas measurements at baseline, during CPR, and after ROSC. Partial pressures in torr. SaO2: percent oxygen saturation; HCO3: bicarbonate; ETCO2: end-tidal CO2.

*

means statistically significant difference with p < 0.05 compared to S-CPR.