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Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
Fig. 2 | Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Fig. 2

From: Mathematical modelling of oxygenation under veno-venous ECMO configuration using either a femoral or a bicaval drainage

Fig. 2

Relationship between SaO2 and SPAO2 according to pulmonary shunt. When lung function is optimal (PULM-Shunt=0%), SaO2 is equal to 100% regardless the SPAO2 value. In contrast when residual lung function is null (PULM-Shunt=100%), SaO2 is equal to SPAO2. Between these two clinical status, the relationship SaO2 * PULM-Shunt is linear with a slope that directly depends on SPAO2. The SPAO2 value is the final consequence of ECMO therapy in term of oxygenation. PULM-Shunt pulmonary shunt, SaO2 arterial blood oxygen saturation, SPAO2 pulmonary arterial blood oxygen saturation

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