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Arterial partial pressure of oxygen (left panel) and carbon dioxide (right panel) vs. time of arterial blood gas sample. Includes 35,576 ABGs among 9176 patients with surviving at least 1 h in the Emergency Department. ABG = arterial blood gas. Hatched line depicts PaO2 = 300 mmHg.