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Table 1 Patient’s data before and after alveolar recruitment maneuver

From: Alveolar recruitment maneuver in refractory hypoxemia and lobar atelectasis after cardiac surgery: A case report

Arterial blood gas test

Beginning surgery (OR)

Ending surgery (OR)

Arriving ICU

After first ARM (30cmH2O)

After second ARM (40cmH2O)

After extubation

pH

7.41

7.38

7.32

7.39

7.40

7.38

P a CO 2 (mmHg)

37

32.3

37.2

32.7

31.3

32.9

P a O 2 (mmHg)

88.8

154

69.2

75.9

155

126

P a O 2 / FiO 2

148

250

115

126

258

315

SatO 2 (%)

95.9

98.6

90.5

94.1

98.2

97.9

HCO3 (mEq/L)

23.1

18.8

18.4

19.3

18.8

19.1

BE

−0.7

−5.0

−6.6

−4.4

−4.7

−4.7

Hematocrit (%)

37

30

36

37

32

31

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

11.9

9.6

11.6

12.1

10.3

10.1

Sodium (mEq/L)

137

131

133

135

137

137

Potassium (mEq/L)

4.0

4.7

3.8

4.2

4.0

3.8

Lactate (mg/dL)

10

10

17

15

12

11

Respiratory rate ( breaths per min)

12

12

12

18

15

14

Tidal Volume (mL)

640

640

640

640

640

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  1. OR: Operation room; ICU: Intensive care unit; ARM: Alveolar recruitment maneuver; PaCO2: partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood; PaO2: partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood ;SatO2: Oxygen saturation in arterial blood ;BE: base excess;.