Table 1.

Blood gas analysis parameters

	C (N = 10)	NS (N = 7)	NS-A (N = 8)	NS-V (N = 8)
Age (weeks)	13.3 ± 0.79	14.9 ± 0.95	13.5 ± 0.88	13.0 ± 0.79
Weight (g)	26.4 ± 0.96	27.9 ± 1.68	27.4 ± 1.47	27.3 ± 1.55
pH	7.17 ± 0.058	6.97 ± 0.071*	7.07 ± 0.052*	7.10 ± 0.052
pCO2 (mmHg)	83.0 ± 11.73	85.33 ± 10.64	82.74 ± 7.19	83.06 ± 9.80
pO2 (mmHg)	46.1 ± 18.23	42.4 ± 9.74	37.6 ± 5.78	40.8 ± 9.55
BE (mEq/l)	1.8 ± 1.48	− 11.9 ± 4.41*	− 6.1 ± 3.44*	− 3.9 ± 1.85*
HCO3 (mEq/l)	30.17 ± 1.19	19.82 ± 3.41*	23.88 ± 2.64*	25.71 ± 1.36*
SaO2 (mmHg)	62.1 ± 15.53	48.7 ± 12.38	48.1 ± 12.18	54.0 ± 17.53
Lactate (mmol/l)	0.81 ± 0.51	4.3 ± 1.03*	2.94 ± 1.34*	1.62 ± 1.53
Hct (%)	40.2 ± 0.72	18.0 ± 0.86*	15.8 ± 0.80*	17.4 ± 0.86*
Hb (g/dl)	13.7 ± 1.06	6.1 ± 0.88*	4.3 ± 1.44*	5.9 ± 0.61*

BE base excess, Hct hematocrit, Hb hemoglobin, C untreated control group, NS group treated with normal saline, NS-A group treated with normal saline and albumin, NS-V group treated with normal saline and hydroxyethyl starch

Data are shown as the mean ± SD. *P < 0.01 compared to group C