Pediatric patients that received chest compressions for cardiac arrest faced a reduced likelihood for survival to hospital ...

It is emphasized that the arterial hypoxemia that occurred in this study is secondary to hypoventilation. Hypoventilation occurs during restoration of CO 2 to the total body CO 2 content.

For this reason, the severity of hypoxemia is typically determined based on arterial blood gas (ABG) test results, specifically partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2) levels.

Patients had a "really severe level of hypoxemia," noted Ekström, with a mean partial pressure of arterial oxygen of 48.8 mm ...