Table 3

Gas exchage variables


Study period (hours after establishment of acute lung injury)


Variable
0 (baseline)
2
4
6

PaO2 (mmHg)




     CMV
131 ± 90
207 ± 171
231 ± 175
221 ± 189
     AV-ECMO
174 ± 100
95 ± 29
77 ± 17*
94 ± 76
PaCO2 (mmHg)




     CMV
41.3 ± 3.1
43.4 ± 8.3
38.9 ± 10.3
37.0 ± 7.1
     AV-ECMO
34.8 ± 2.3**
35.1 ± 8.5
37.1 ± 7.8
37.8 ± 5.7
pH




     CMV
7.263 ± 0.05
7.237 ± 0.05
7.286 ± 0.10
7.289 ± 0.08
     AV-ECMO
7.322 ± 0.04*
7.277 ± 0.15
7.235 ± 0.10
7.207 ± 0.14
HCO3- (mmol/l)




     CMV
17.0 ± 3.1
16.8 ± 3.2
16.7 ± 2.7
15.9 ± 3.3
     AV-ECMO
17.2 ± 2.4
15.7 ± 2.3
15.7 ± 5.4
14.6 ± 4.6
Arterial Hb-O2 (%)




     CMV
91.8 ± 8.1
89.2 ± 14.9
94.0 ± 4.9
88.9 ± 18.4
     AV-ECMO
90.7 ± 16.5
89.0 ± 9.9
84.4 ± 7.0
74.0 ± 24.8
O2 extraction (%)




     CMV
42.4 ± 15.6
37.6 ± 9.2
47.2 ± 11.5
41.2 ± 6.9
     AV-ECMO
41.6 ± 11.9
37.3 ± 14.2
49.3 ± 21.0
43.3 ± 21.7

Gas exchage variables in lung injured lambs (surviving) supported by conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV; n = 6) or arteriovenous (AV)-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO; n = 4) during a 6-hour period of study. No significant differences were found when comparing baselines (time 0) with 2, 4, and 6 hours of study by repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Dunnett multiple comparisons test. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, CMV versus AV-ECMO group; ANOVA followed by Bonferroni multiple comparisons test. Hb-O2, hemoglobin–oxygen saturation; PaCO2, arterial carbon dioxide tension; PaO2, arterial oxygen tension.

Totapally et al. Critical Care 2004 8:R495   doi:10.1186/cc2983