Table 1—

Effects of sodium chloride (NaCl) with dextran on haemodynamic and blood gas data

QHyperoxiaHypoxia
BaselineNaCl/dextranBaselineNaCl/dextran
SAP mmHgHQ126±7113±8112±8102±8
LQ72±777±1050±361±7
LAP mmHgHQ7±18±19±19±1
LQ6±17±16±16±1
fC beat·min−1HQ142±12136±15141±12154±11#
LQ160±15179±14158±17183±11#
Q L·min−1·m−2HQ4.1±0.33.8±0.33.9±0.33.8±0.3
LQ2.1±0.41.9±0.32.0±0.21.8±0.2
PAP mmHgHQ20±120±233±338±2¶,#
LQ15±114±223±425±4
Pa,O2 kPaHQ37±437±4.54.8±0.35.7±0.4¶,#
LQ27.6±4.724.1±2.75.6±0.45.6±0.4
Pa,CO2 kPaHQ5.2±0.15.5±0.35.0±0.15.2±0.3
LQ5.3±0.34.4±0.14.9±0.34.7±0.3
pHHQ7.46±0.027.38±0.02#7.44±0.027.40±0.02
LQ7.43±0.027.38±0.02#7.37±0.037.38±0.02
Venous PO2 kPaHQ6.5±0.56.0±0.43.7±0.42.9±0.3
LQ3.9±0.63.1±0.41.7±0.2 1.8±0.1
Haemoglobin g·dL−1HQ9.2±0.48.1±0.6#9.0±0.47.8±0.6#
LQ9.0±0.77.9±0.7#9.2±0.68.0±0.7#
Osmolality mOsm·L−1298±3286±14292±18286±19
PVR mmHg·min·m2·L−1HQ3.2±0.23.2±0.26.2±0.47.6±0.4
LQ4.3±0.33.8±0.38.5±0.510.3±0.4
  • Data are presented as mean±sd, n=9

  • Q: cardiac output

  • HQ and LQ: highest and lowest cardiac output respectively

  • SAP: systemic arterial pressure

  • LAP: left arterial pressure

  • fC: cardiac frequency

  • PAP: pulmonary arterial pressure

  • Pa,O2: oxygen tension in arterial blood

  • Pa,CO2: carbon dioxide tension in arterial blood

  • PO2: partial pressure of oxygen

  • PVR: pulmonary vascular resistance

  • Significant difference #: p<0.05 between baseline and NaCl with dextran at the same level of Q

  • : p<0.05 between hyperoxia and hypoxia at the same step