Table 2 Comparison of arterial blood gases between group A and B and between pretreatment, post 1, and post 2 in each group

PaO₂ (mmHg)

79.3 ± 5.01

93.16 ± 10.26

119.06 ± 8.84

0.0001^*

81.16 ± 4.96

114.9 ± 18.77

142.15 ± 13.46

0.0001^*

0.24

0.0001^*

0.0001^*

PaCO₂ (mmHg)

40.8 ± 3.66

38.66 ± 3.62

36.58 ± 3.18

0.0001^*

42.37 ± 2.96

39.32 ± 2.91

35.71 ± 2.38

0.0001^*

0.14

0.52

0.33

SaO₂ (%)

94.15 ± 1.03

95.45 ± 0.99

96.96 ± 1.19

0.0001^*

94.5 ± 0.9

97.17 ± 0.83

99.07 ± 0.66

0.0001^*

0.26

0.0001^*

0.0001^*

PaO₂/FiO₂

206.93 ± 8.46

247.58 ± 25.32

330.27 ± 27.56

0.0001^*

206.44 ± 11.33

300.16 ± 41.14

386.81 ± 21.17

0.0001^*

0.87

0.0001^*

0.0001^*