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Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 2 Metabolic parameters in ventilated animals

From: The role of dexamethasone in scorpion venom-induced deregulation of sodium and water transport in rat lungs

Group

ΔPaO2/FIO2

Bicarbonate (mEq/L)

Glucose (mg/dl)

T30–T0

T60–T0

T0

T30

T60

T0

T30

T60

Control

3.5 ± 3.2

14.0 ± 6.3

21.3 ± 0.6

17.8 ± 0.6

18.5 ± 0.4

119.2 ± 0.9

110.3 ± 8.6

106.7 ± 5.9

Vn

−11.0 ± 6.1

−14.8 ± 4.3*

20.0 ± 0.7

12.8 ± 0.4*

11.5 ± 0.4*

121.8 ± 2.0

249.8 ± 12.3*

189.8 ± 23.0*

Dx + Vn

−14.7 ± 11.9

−9.0 ± 7.9*

19.9 ± 0.4

13.3 ± 1.2*

12.8 ± 1.6*

119.3 ± 4.8

245.3 ± 24.0*

166.8 ± 27.9*

  1. ΔPaO 2 /FIO 2 delta arterial oxygen tension/fraction of inspired oxygen (T30 minus T0; T60 minus T0), T 0 immediately before envenomation, T 30 30 min after envenomation, T 60 60 min after envenomation, Vn venom, Dx + Vn dexamethasone + venom
  2. *p < 0.05 compared with control
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