Matt Harmon

164 Chapter eight Figure 2 . Distributional characteristics of PaCO 2 over time. Boxplots depicting the distributional characteristics of PaCO 2 at 8 measurement points from admission to hospital to the end of intervention at 36 hours for the TTM 33 and TTM 36 groups and the investigated combined cohort dichotomized into good and poor outcome. Boxplot values are displayed as median, 25% quartiles frommedian and range. TTM = Targeted temperature management. PaCO 2 = arterial carbon dioxide pressure. kPa = kilopascal. Core body temperature, 33° or 36°, in degrees Celsius.