Table 2

Details of shunt and right shift of the Pio 2 v Spo 2curve

Patient* Shunt (%) Shunt 95% CI (%) Shift (kPa), (VA/Q) Shift 95% CI (kPa) r2
A 430.729.3 to 32.264.4 (<0.05)61.8 to 67.10.73
A 527.326.4 to 28.316.8 (0.27)14.5 to 19.10.78
A 1020.118.6 to 21.811.4 (0.49)8.3 to 14.50.89
B10.87.8 to 13.713.5 (0.4)11.5 to 15.60.83
C20.118.2 to 21.917.5 (0.25)16.1 to 18.80.8
D17.116.0 to 18.219.8 (0.2)18.7 to 20.80.93
E 219.717.0 to 22.558.5 (<0.05)55.1 to 61.90.92
E 323.122.3 to 23.826.9 (0.14)25.5 to 28.40.86
E 923.522.7 to 24.356.2 (<0.05)55.2 to 57.10.93
E 2516.113.2 to 18.829.0 (0.13)26.8 to 31.30.72
F 3926.525.6 to 27.534.6 (0.1)31.5 to 37.70.97
F 4311.29.3 to 13.210.3 (0.5)7.1 to 13.50.94
G21.520.2 to 22.819.1 (0.2)16.2 to 21.950.92
H 131.030.0 to 32.053.9 (<0.05)50.5 to 57.30.99
H 45.95.0 to 6.79.7 (0.55)9.0 to 10.40.99
I 421.620.8 to 22.426.6 (0.15)24.9 to 28.20.96
I 87.35.3 to 9.213.7 (0.4)13.4 to 14.10.93
J 2613.311.8 to 14.722.9 (0.18)22.2 to 23.50.93
J 2719.018.0 to 20.022.0 (0.18)22.5 to 23.50.95
K28.027.0 to 28.814.2 (0.35)12.2 to 16.20.97
L 317.116.1 to 18.018.6 (0.22)17.6 to 19.50.95
L 718.417.6 to 19.219.7 (0.2)17.9 to 21.50.96
  • VA/Q is the ventilation to perfusion ratio in the ventilated but poorly perfused compartment and was derived from the mean shift—that is, Pio 2 − PO2in kPa—using fig 2. The number after the patient code is the number of days after birth for repeat studies.r 2 indicates the goodness of fit of the gas exchange model to the Pio 2 v Spo 2 data points.9