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Table 2 Physiological variables measured at different time points

From: The effect of selective cerebral perfusion on cerebral versus somatic tissue oxygenation during aortic coarctation repair in neonates and infants

Variable (unit)

Baselinea

Skin incision

CPB start

SCP start

SCP stop

Aorta open

CPB stop

Surgery end

SctO2 (%)

70.3 ± 3.5

67.6 ± 3.5

58.6 ± 3.5

79.6 ± 4.0

71.8 ± 2.5

51.8 ± 2.3

59.0 ± 2.8

61.3 ± 6.0

SstO2 (%)

58.8 ± 5.8

55.1 ± 6.2

46.4 ± 6.7

39.6 ± 5.2

50.5 ± 4.9

75.8 ± 4.4

70.5 ± 2.3

69.5 ± 6.2

SaO2 (%)

99.6 ± 0.4

99.6 ± 0.4

99.6 ± 0.4

99.8 ± 0.2

99.9 ± 0.1

99.6 ± 0.4

99.5 ± 0.4

99.4 ± 0.6

SmvO2 (%)

70.7 ± 5.7

68.4 ± 5.2

56.4 ± 5.0

78.3 ± 4.0

74.4 ± 3.4

58.5 ± 7.8

60.3 ± 5.7

62.3 ± 9.1

MAP-arm (mmHg)

65.9 ± 3.8

63.4 ± 3.0

56.4 ± 3.4

57.6 ± 4.5

54.1 ± 2.5

57.3 ± 4.1

60.2 ± 3.9

59.9 ± 5.1

MAP-leg (mmHg)

44.2 ± 8.5

42.4 ± 7.7

38.7 ± 6.7

22.1 ± 4.8

28.1 ± 9.5

45.2 ± 9.5

48.5 ± 9.6

50.7 ± 10.7

PaCO2 (mmHg)

45.3 ± 3.8

42.4 ± 3.4

38.9 ± 2.6

31.2 ± 1.8

29.7 ± 1.2

31.6 ± 1.5

35.1 ± 3.5

37.9 ± 3.1

Hematocrit (%)

38.3 ± 2.1

38.0 ± 2.2

37.2 ± 2.1

21.0 ± 1.8

20.6 ± 2.7

25.1 ± 1.8

28.7 ± 1.6

34.3 ± 1.5

Temperature (°C)

37.0 ± 0.5

36.6 ± 0.4

36.2 ± 0.4

20.1 ± 1.2

19.6 ± 1.2

28.6 ± 2.6

36.5 ± 0.5

36.1 ± 0.5

Lactate (mmol/l)

1.3 ± 0.2

1.3 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.3

2.5 ± 0.3

3.7 ± 0.4

3.1 ± 0.3

2.6 ± 0.3

2.5 ± 0.4

  1. awith patient sedated using small dose of fentanyl and midazolam and spontaneously breathing room air
  2. CPB = cardiopulmonary bypass; SCP = selective cerebral perfusion; SctO2 = cerebral tissue oxygen saturation; SstO2 = somatic tissue oxygen saturation; SaO2 = arterial blood oxygen saturation; SmvO2 = mixed venous blood oxygen saturation; MAP-arm = mean arterial pressure measured on arm; MAP-leg = mean arterial pressure measured on leg; PaCO2 = arterial blood carbon dioxide partial pressure