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Table 2 Hemodynamic variables in the overall population and in transfused and non-transfused patients

From: Femoral blood gas analysis, another tool to assess hemorrhage severity following trauma: an exploratory prospective study

 

All

Not transfused

Transfused

P

n = 59

n = 31

n = 28

Lactate—mmol/L

2.7 ± 1.9

2.5 ± 1.9

3.1 ± 2.1

0.036

ΔPCO2 fem—mmHg

9.1 ± 6.0

6.8 ± 3.7

11.6 ± 7.1

0.003

SvO2 fem—%

61.5 ± 21.6

71.8 ± 14.1

50.0 ± 23.0

 < 0.001

  1. ΔPCO2 fem femoral venous-arterial difference in carbon dioxide pressure. SvO2 fem femoral venous oxygen saturation. Data are reported as mean ± SD