A 23-year-old man with left lung atelectasis treated with a targeted segmental recruitment maneuver: a case report

Table 1 Findings of blood gas analysis before extubation (30th day), before (34th day) and after (35th and 36th days) targeted segmental recruitment

	30th day	34th day		35th day	36th day
FiO₂ (%)	40	50		40	40
pH	7.44	7.39		7.44	7.44
PaO₂ (kPa)	9.9	9.19		12.3	14.5
PaCO₂ (kPa)	4.6	5.7	Targeted segmental recruitment	5.2	5.1
PaO₂/FiO₂	187.25	137.86		230.64	271.90
SpO₂ (%)	95.2	94.2		97.2	98.2
Lactate (mmol/L)	0.9	0.8		0.8	0.7
CRP	277.2	101.6		96.1	97.3

Abbreviations: CRP C-reactive protein, FiO₂ Fraction of inspired oxygen, PaO₂ Partial pressure of arterial oxygen, PaCO₂ Carbon dioxide pressure, SpO₂ Oxygen saturation

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