The ratios of central venous to arterial carbon dioxide content and tension to arteriovenous oxygen content are not associated with overall anaerobic metabolism in postoperative cardiac surgery patients.

Osama Abou-ArabRayan BraikPierre HuetteBelaid BouhemadEmmanuel LornePierre Grégoire Guinot

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Our results showed that the ratios of central venous to arterial carbon dioxide content and tension to arteriovenous oxygen content were not predictive of VO2 changes following fluid challenge in postoperative cardiac surgery patients.

Keyphrases

carbon dioxide
cardiac surgery
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
microbial community
patient reported