Abstract
Previous reports have advocated the use of mixed venous blood gases to estimate arterial pH and as a reflection of tissue acidbased balance. However, true mixed venous samples are difficult to obtain during cardiac arrest as they require a pulmonary artery catheter. The purpose of this study was to determine whether central or femoral venous samples could be used in place of pulmonary artery samples. Blood gases from these sites were drawn at intervals during experimental cardiac arrest in dogs. The PO 2, PCO 2, and pH from the pulmonary artery samples were strongly correlated with those from the central venous ( r = .93,.99, and .99, respectively) and from the femoral venous samples ( r = .73, .93, and .97, respectively). There were no significant differences in the pulmonary artery, central, or femoral venous gases. This animal model suggests that femoral and central venous samples mirror true mixed venous blood gases from the pulmonary artery and could be used in their place.
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