PMID: 6407807Jul 1, 1983Paper

Variability of arterial blood gas values in stable patients in the ICU

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S H ThorsonL D Hudson

Abstract

To establish guidelines for the interpretation of changes in arterial blood gas (ABG) values, we studied 29 clinically stable ICU patients for spontaneous variability in PaO2, PaCO2 and pH. ABGs were sampled six times over a 50-minute period, during which all patients received a fixed FIO2 of 0.5 via endotracheal tube and underwent no therapeutic interventions. Each sample was analyzed in duplicate with careful attention to method of collection and measurement. The range separating the lowest and highest PaO2 varied from 1 to 45 mm Hg (16.2 +/- 10.9 mm Hg [mean +/- SD] ). For PaCO2 this range was from 1 to 8 mm Hg (3.0 +/- 1.9 mm Hg). Coefficient of variation for PaO2 and PaCO2 averaged 5.1 +/- 3.2 percent (mean +/- SD) and 3.0 +/- 1.5 percent respectively. pH varied within 0.03 +/- 0.02 units. Percentage change in PaO2 between sequential intrapatient samples averaged 5.3 +/- 2.8 percent (mean +/- SD) and 7.1 +/- 7.9 percent over ten- and 50-minute intervals, respectively. Various clinical features were analyzed by multiple regression analysis for their relation to PaO2 variation. Only leukocyte count and mean arterial oxygen content were statistically significant associations (p less than 0.05), but together explained less tha...Continue Reading

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