Our objective was to assess the relationship between the pre-/post-oxygenator gradient of the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (∆EC PCO2; dissolved form) and CO2 elimination under extracorporeal ...

An increase in intramucosal-arterial Pco2 gradient (DeltaPco2) might be caused by tissue hypoxia or by diminished blood flow. Our hypothesis was that DeltaPco2 should not be altered in anemic hypoxia ...