Severe Diltiazem Poisoning Treated with Hyperinsulinaemia-Euglycaemia and Lipid Emulsion

Table 2

Evolution of arterial blood gases in the ICU.

	0 h (FiO2: 0.3)	4 h* (FiO2: 0.6)	9 h (FiO2: 0.8)	10 h (FiO2: 0.6)	12 h (FiO2: 0.5)	48 h**(FiO2: 0.4)
pH	7.241	7.242	7.195	7.263	7.35	7.396
PaCO2 (mmHg)	46.1	35.5	29.3	31.1	31.4	38.8
PaO2 (mmHg)	68.6	72.5	207	188	217	134
HCO^−3 (mEq/L)	16.7	15.5	12.6	15.1	18.8	23.8
Lactate (mmol/L)	4.3	5.7	9.4	6.7	3.4	0.8

∗Intubated and invasive mechanical ventilation was initiated.
∗∗Extubated.