Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 1 Differences in hematocrit, pH, and BE when comparing octanoate with normal saline after fluid infusion

From: Acid–base changes after fluid bolus: sodium chloride vs. sodium octanoate

Variable	Group	DFB	DFBstderr	Probt
Hematocrit (%)	Octanoate	-4.343	0.730	0.055
Hematocrit (%)	Normal saline	-3.400	0.746	0.055
pH	Octanoate	0.024	0.006	P < 0.001
pH	Normal saline	-0.037	0.006	P < 0.001
BE (mmol/L)	Octanoate	0.723	0.374	P < 0.001
BE (mmol/L)	Normal saline	-2.951	0.385	P < 0.001

BE, base excess; DFB, difference from baseline; DFBstderr, standard error of the difference from baseline; Probt, significance of overall difference.

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