Validation of an alternative technique for RQ estimation in anesthetized pigs

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 1 Individual RQ values obtained with both reference method (RQ Douglas) and tested method (RQ blood gas)

	RQ Douglas	RQ blood gas	RQ Douglas	RQ blood gas	RQ Douglas	RQ blood gas
	Mean AM + PM	Mean AM + PM	AM	AM	PM	PM
1	0.92	1.03	0.96	1.35	0.88	0.7
2	0.92	0.99	0.96	1.02	0.89	0.96
3	1.02	0.91	1.04	0.87	1	0.96
4	0.98	1.04	1.01	1.19	0.96	0.89
5	0.99	1.02	1.02	1.19	0.95	0.85
6	0.94	1.06	0.96	1.17	0.91	0.96
7	1.03	0.88	1.06	0.83	1	0.94
8	0.96	0.87	0.95	0.84	0.98	0.91
9	0.96	1.03	1.01	*	0.91	1.03
10	0.98	0.86	1.03	0.91	0.94	0.82
11	1.01	0.77	1.02	0.82	1	0.72
Mean (95%CI)	0.97 (0.95–0.99)	0.95 (0.87–1.02)	1.00 (0.97–1.03)	1.02 (0.89–1.16)	0.95 (0.92–0.98)	0.87 (0.80–0.94)
RQ awake pig starved 24 h	0.87
RQ awake pig non-starved	1.07