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In addition, the same researchers reported that treatment with ibuprofen caused a decrease in pulmonary shunt and lung edema.
They found an increase in P a O 2 /FIO 2 from 174 ± 82 to 217 ± 137 and decrease in intrapulmonary shunt from 23 ± 14% to 19.
Although PEEP significantly improved shunt fraction, and consequently PaO 2 , its greater effect on cardiac output led to a reduction in DO 2 both at PEEP opt and PEEP max . However, none of the changes in haemodynamic parameters, including those in central venous pressure, pulmonary artery occlusion pressure, cardiac output, cardiac index and DO 2 , achieved statistical significance (Table 2and Fig.
Because concentrations of 45 and 150 ppm were associated with a longlasting increase in blood methemoglobin concentration, which interfered with the calculation of venous and arterial O 2 content and pulmonary shunt, they were not included in the randomization, but were always administered as the last concentrations.
CI = cardiac index; PaO 2 = arterial oxygen tension; PVRI = pulmonary vascular resistance index; Qsp/Qt = shunt fraction; SVI = stroke volume index; SVRI = systemic vascular resistance index.