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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Resuscitation. 2020 Jan 21;149:162–169. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.12.011

Table 2 -.

Arterial blood gases results obtained before the start of cardiac arrest and after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) for the four different elevation rise time groups.

Time point Baseline
ROSC
Elevation rise time groups 24-s 2-min 4-min 10-min 24-s 2-min 4-min 10-min
PH 7.47±0.02 7.44±0.05 7.46±0.01 7.46±0.02 7.05±0.06 7.11±0.05 7.10±0.03 7.07±0.09
PCO2 43±2 42±2 43±4 42±2 87±14 83±12 74±13 80±21
PaO2 90±16 97±12 103±13 106±26 80±17 64±22 77±38 70±18
HCO3 32±1 28±2 31±3 30±2 25±1 23±1 23±2 22±2
BE 8±2 5±2 7±3 6±2 −6±1 −8±1 −7±2 −7±2
SaO2 97±1 97±1 98±1 98±2 86±9 76±7 83±9 81±14

Values shown as mean ± standard deviation.

BE = base excess.