Table 3 |
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The mean values for all patients of the initial, final, average and after 1 min of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) partial pressures of end-tidal carbon dioxide (PetCO2) for arrest due to asphyxia and for ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) cardiac arrest |
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Initial PetCO2 (mmHg) |
PetCO2 after 1 min of CPR (mmHg) |
Average PetCO2 (mmHg) |
Final PetCO2 (mmHg) |
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Asphyxial cardiac arrest |
66.4 ± 17.3 |
29.1 ± 4.9 |
48.2 ± 10.1 |
27.3 ± 9.2 |
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VT/VF cardiac arrest |
16.5 ± 9.2 |
24.2 ± 5.1 |
17.3 ± 7.1 |
24.4 ± 10.3 |
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P value (Student t test) |
< 0.01 |
0.73 |
< 0.05 |
0.78 |
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1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa. |
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Grmec et al. Critical Care 2003 7:R139 doi:10.1186/cc2369 |
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