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Table 1 Oxygenation parameters during the procedure

From: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to support repeated whole-lung lavage in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in life threatening dyspnoe – a case report

Initial value

FiO2 0.21

paO2 6.36 kPa

SaO2 85 %, SpO2 80 %

After induction

FiO2 1.0

 

SpO2 93 %

v-v ECMO start

FiO2 0.8

paO2 39.78 kPa

SaO2 100 %

After 90 min of left lung lavage, v-v ECMO

FiO2 0.6

paO2 16.16 kPa

SaO2 98 %

225 min – end time of left lung lavage, v-v ECMO

FiO2 0.8

paO2 11.59 kPa

SaO2 95,5 %

Next 150 min - end time of right lung lavage, v-v ECMO

FiO2 0.8

paO2 13,62 kPa

SaO2 97,7 %