Figure 3.
Metabolic effects of prolonged professional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Arterial blood gas and arterial lactic acid levels in the University of Minnesota Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation cohort before extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (n=160). A, pH, (B) arterial lactic acid, (C) arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (Paco2), and (D) arterial partial pressure of oxygen (Pao2) are shown. Results are mean±SEM.