Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 1 Arterial and venous blood gases following hemodilution

From: Experimental assessment of oxygen homeostasis during acute hemodilution: the integrated role of hemoglobin concentration and blood pressure

		Arterial blood samples				Venous blood samples
		Baseline	Post-hemodilution	30 min	60 min	Baseline	Post-hemodilution	30 min	60 min
Hb (g/L)	Control	123 ± 10	121 ± 9	110 ± 2	101 ± 8*	126 ± 5	120 ± 5	113 ± 6*	106 ± 8*
	HES	131 ± 9	66 ± 6*$	63 ± 6*$	60 ± 8*$	130 ± 8	58 ± 8*$	61 ± 6*$	60 ± 7*$
	Saline	130 ± 11	79 ± 5*$#	75 ± 11*$	75 ± 14*$	125 ± 12	75 ± 7*$#	74 ± 11*$#	79 ± 12*$#
sO₂ (%)	Control	90.9 ± 0.8	89.0 ± 2.5	88.5 ± 2.6	83.5 ± 8.6	65.6 ± 8.4	60.5 ± 8.0	58.5 ± 4.3	51.8 ± 6.5*
	HES	87.4 ± 3.8	85.9 ± 4.8	84.2 ± 6.6	87.5 ± 8.9	62.7 ± 3.7	55.3 ± 4.3	49.2 ± 5*	43 ± 4.6*
	Saline	88 ± 2.9	90.8 ± 3.4	92.4 ± 3.1	89.0 ± 8.0	64.1 ± 5.7	37.7 ± 9.9*$#	31.7 ± 11.9*$#	18.3 ± 7.3*$#

*p < 0.001 vs. baseline, $p < 0.001 vs. control, #p < 0.001 vs. HES and control

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