A 40‐year‐old male patient with critical left main involvement and triple vessel disease was uneventfully anaesthetised for CABG surgery using standard anaesthetic techniques. A baseline arterial blood gas before surgical… Click to show full abstract
A 40‐year‐old male patient with critical left main involvement and triple vessel disease was uneventfully anaesthetised for CABG surgery using standard anaesthetic techniques. A baseline arterial blood gas before surgical incision revealed normal values as follows: pH 7.34; partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) 40 mmHg; partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) 152 mmHg (fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) 0.35); bicarbonate level 23.7 mmol/L; potassium 4.3 mmol/L.
               
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