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Table 1 Intermittent arterial blood gas analysis during ICU stay

From: Successful recovery from COVID-19 pneumonia with awake early self-proning

Arterial blood gas samples analysis time

pH

PO2

pCO2

HCO3

Lactat

On admission

Supine

7.50

75.8

31.3

26.3

0.7

After an hour awake self-proning

7.49

88.6

32.5

26.8

1.7

After 2-h awake self-proning

7.44

105

34.8

24.8

1.0

1st day of admission

Supine

7.46

64

35.9

26

1.7

After an hour awake self-proning

7.43

70.4

38.3

25.9

1.4

After 2-h awake self-proning

7.46

92.6

36.4

26.8

1.4

2nd day of admission

Supine

7.41

66.5

40.8

25.9

1.0

After an hour awake self-proning

7.46

83.8

36

27

0.8

After 2-h awake self-proning

7.41

91

43

27

1.0

3rd day of admission

Supine

7.47

68

40

29

1.1

After an hour awake self-proning

7.45

72

41

28

1.3

After 2-h awake self-proning

7.48

110

38

29

1.2

12th day of admission

Supine

7.49

58

40

30

1.1

After an hour awake self-proning

7.46

78

39

28

0.8

After 2-h awake self-proning

7.38

115

38

22.9

1.4

During discharge from ICU

7.39

119

43

25

0.7