Table 2

Median pH of acidotic patients by oxygen category with % fully correcting the pH on arrival to the ward

	<7.3 kPa	7.3–10.0 kPa	10–13.3 kPa	>13.3 kPa
Median pH	7.319	7.313	7.303	7.290
% Improved	12.7 (9/71)	19.6 (9/46)	23.3 (10/43)	31.6 (12/38)