Table 2. Acid–base and Metabolic Variables during Septic Shock

Data shown as mean ± SD.

HCO³⁻, arterial bicarbonate; Paco², arterial carbon dioxide tension; Pao^2,arterial oxygen tension; pHa, arterial pH; SvO², mixed venous oxygen saturation.

*P < 0.05,

†P < 0.01 compared with baseline.

‡P < 0.05,

§P < 0.01 compared with the control group.