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Table 2 Physiological data of the animals in the second set of experiments (description of regional gas flow in healthy and lavage injured pigs)

From: Determination of respiratory gas flow by electrical impedance tomography in an animal model of mechanical ventilation

 

Healthy baseline

Lavage injury

n = 6

Unit

Mean

sd

Mean

sd

p

HR

per minute

86.2

14.1

122.1

30.1

0.048*

MAP

mmHg

76.1

11.0

71.1

15.6

0.613

MPAP

mmHg

20.1

8.0

39.2

15.1

0.031*

PaO2 / FiO2

mmHg

444.7

69.7

144.1

45.2

0.002**

SVR

dyn * s/cm-5

999.1

111.1

1101.4

114.5

0.333

PVR

dyn * s/cm-5

201.1

71.2

426.2

99.1

0.023*

dyn. compl.

l/mbar

38.5

11.3

17.7

12.1

0.039*

  1. HR = heart rate, MAP = mean arterial pressure, MPAP = mean pulmonary artery pressure, PaO2 / FiO2 = arterial partial oxygen pressure divided by the fraction of the inspired oxygen, SVR = systemic vascular resistance, PVR = pulmonary vascular resistance, dyn. compl. = dynamic compliance, sd = standard deviation, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.005.