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Comment
. 2020 Oct 1;202(7):1057-1058.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202005-1609LE.

Extracorporeal CO2 Removal and the Alveolar Gas Equation

Marc L Dickstein  1
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Extracorporeal CO2 Removal and the Alveolar Gas Equation

Marc L Dickstein. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
The PaO2 was calculated using the simplified alveolar gas equation (dashed lines) and the full equation (solid lines) at four different levels of FiO2 (0.4, 0.5, 0.6, and 0.7) and across a range (from 0 to 100 ml) of CO2 elimination via ECCO2R. Baseline respiratory exchange ratio = 0.8. Note that the simplified equation shows a significant reduction in PaO2 as CO2 elimination via ECCO2R increases, whereas the full equation remains relatively stable. ECCO2R = extracorporeal CO2 removal.
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