Central venous oxygen tension (PcvO2), central venous carbon dioxide tension (PcvCO2), measured central venous oxygen saturation (Co-oximetry_ScvO2), calculated central venous oxygen saturation (Calc_ScvO2), central venous pH, central venous blood lactate levels, hemoglobin concentration, and central venous base excess were measured using the GEM Premier 4000 (Instrumentation Laboratory Co, Paris, France). Co-oximetry ScvO2 is determined by measuring the hemoglobin level of oxygen saturation based on a spectrophotometry optical system that monitors over 100 wavelengths in the absorbance spectra of oxyhemoglobin, deoxyhemoglobin, carboxyhemoglobin, and methemoglobin.
Both the Co-oximetry_ScvO2 and Calc_ScvO2 measurements were performed using the same point-of-care blood gas analyzer (GEM Premier 4000, Instrumentation Laboratory Co, Paris, France) on the same blood sample so that no additional blood withdraws was needed.