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Table The presence of enteric feed

From: Enteral feed delays response times of a tissue PCO2 sensor

 

Onset time (s)

90% response time (s)

 

Saline

Feed

Saline

Feed

Step up

39 ± 9

  65 ± 10*

188 ± 25

307 ± 42*

Step down

30 ± 6

52 ± 9*

191 ± 18

297 ± 20*

Overall

34 ± 8

  59 ± 11*

189 ± 21

302 ± 32*

  1. The data are presented as mean ± SD (* P < 0.001)
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Critical Care

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