Table 3.
Summary of arterial blood gas results from the acute admission to hospital.
| Blood gas measurement | Reference interval | Day of admission (time in 24 h format) |
1 Day after admission |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:21 | 8.23 | 9.53 | 12.05 | 14.05 | 17.48 | 19.59 | 23.22 | 17.54 | 22.42 | ||
| pH | 7.34–7.44 | 7.32 | 7.33 | 7.43 | 7.41 | 7.43 | 7.43 | 7.38 | 7.43 | 7.17 | <7.0 |
| pCO2 | 4.7–6.0 kPa | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.7 |
| pO2 | 11.3–14.0 kPa | 9.6 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 16.7 | 24.4 | 23.7 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 |
| Oxyhaemoglobin | 96–99% | 73.3 | 70.6 | 69.1 | 67.3 | 60.8 | 60.0 | 63.6 | 59.8 | 70.2 | 65.3 |
| Carboxyhaemoglobin | <1.5% | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 1.0 | |
| Methaemoglobin | <1.5% | 19.5 | 23.6 | 25.8 | 29.6 | >30 | >30 | >30 | >30 | >30 | >30 |
| Oxygen saturation | 96–99% | 96.1 | 97.1 | 98.2 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Lactate | 0.5–2.2 mmol/L | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.8 | >17.0 | >17.0 |
All results in bold text are outside of the reference interval.