Table 4 Comparison between different subgroups of groups A as regards laboratory investigations, vital data, and clinical scores after 24 h of oxygen therapy

pH

7.39

.08

7.40

.07

7.36

.09

1.515

0.227

pCO2

55.43

23.91

45.70^a

17.17

61.43^b

21.67

3.258

0.045

pO2

64.83

11.71

73.00

32.60

71.00

19.15

0.800

0.454

HCO3

31.35

10.90

27.22

9.13

32.65

9.23

1.933

0.153

Be

7.40

10.73

2.55

8.85

6.51

7.79

1.812

0.171

SPO2

91.09

4.14

90.04

9.22

91.48

4.25

0.316

0.730

pulse

101.30

17.56

106.13

15.45

101.74

16.39

0.603

0.550

SBP

119.78

18.98

122.17

20.22

119.13

11.64

0.196

0.823

DBP

73.04

12.13

73.91

11.96

77.83

9.02

1.205

0.306

RR

31.96

6.43

30.48

6.52

29.26

7.21

0.925

0.401

RDOS

4.43

3.07

4.26

3.51

4.00

2.80

0.112

0.894

Borg

3.85

3.17

3.57

3.55

2.87

2.38

0.618

0.542