Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 1 Arterial blood gases (pH, PaO2, PaCO2, HCO3-) and plasma lactic acid measured at the end of the procedure in control, sepsis, MV-sepsis and MV-control groups

From: Mechanical ventilation preserves diaphragm mitochondrial function in a rat sepsis model

	Control	Sepsis	MV-control	MV-sepsis
pH	7.41±0.16	7.21±0.03*^†	7.47±0.06	7.25±0.03^§‡
PO₂ (mmHg)	107 ± 15	108±18	146±3	145±9
PCO₂ (mmHg)	35±2	17±3*†	41±7	23±3^§‡
HCO₃⁻ (mmol/L)	35±4	17±3*^†	29±5	10±2^§‡
Lactic acid (mmol/L)	2.99±0.95	9.32±1.86*^†	2.11±0.46	9.85±1.44^§‡

Data are means ± SEM from 6 animals per group. Data are means ± SEM from 6 animals per group. *p < 0.05 sepsis versus control; ^†p < 0.05 sepsis versus MV-control; ^‡p < 0.05 MV-sepsis versus control and ^§p < 0.05 MV-sepsis versus MV-control

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