Lack of agreement between tonometric and gastric juice partial carbon dioxide tension

Table 1 Clinical characteristics and first value of arterial, tonometer and gastric juice PCO₂

						PCO₂ (mmHg)
		Age		Inotropes				Gastric
Patient	Sex	(years)	Diagnosis	(μg/kg per min)	Outcome	Arterial	Tonometric	juice
1	Female	53	Stroke, ARDS	Dopamine 32	Survival	30	48	165
2	Female	73	Intestinal obstruction, septic shock	Dopamine 40	Death	26	44	92
3	Male	37	Multiple trauma		Survival	21	28	41
4	Male	56	Multiple trauma		Survival	39	42	49
5	Female	64	Acute pancreatitis, shock, ARDS	Dopamine 18	Death	30	34	80
6	Male	17	Multiple trauma		Survival	43	60	60
7	Female	18	Fat liver of pregnancy		Survival	30	40	44
8	Male	73	Necrotizing celulitis, septic shock, ARDS	Epinephrine 1.2	Death	28	33	31
9	Male	64	Multiple trauma, pneumonia, ARDS		Death	36	41	57
10	Male	65	Lung cancer postoperatively, ARDS		Death	35	51	242
11	Male	65	Lung cancer postoperatively, ARDS	Dopamine 20	Death	36	30	125
12	Female	22	Neutropenia, septic shock, ARDS	Epinephrine 0.8	Death	50	69	81
13	Male	83	Perioperative shock	Dopamine 25	Survival	23	28	34
14	Male	52	Ventilator-associated pneumonia		Survival	43	43	126
15	Male	56	Colangitis, septic shock	Dopamine 36	Survival	38	44	92

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