Table 1 Mean arterial pressure, lactate, PaO2 and PaO2/FiO2 ratios. Data are reported as mean (SEM) and assessed using two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni correction. *P < 0.05 compared with control, n = 10 rats.

From: Spectroscopy detects skeletal muscle microvascular dysfunction during onset of sepsis in a rat fecal peritonitis model

Group

Time point (hrs after infection)

Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)

Lactate (mmol/L)

PaO2 (mmHg)

PaO2/FiO2

Saline-injected control

0.5–2 h

85.3 (2.7)

1.00 (0.12)

106.0 (4.6)

335 (12)

2.5–4 h

81.4 (1.8)

0.84 (0.11)

97.0 (4.9)

324 (23)

4.5–6 h

78.2 (1.9)

0.84 (0.09)

97.6 (2.1)

317 (6)

Endpoint

N/A

0.98 (0.13)

99.9 (6.8)

341 (31)

Feces-induced peritonitis

0.5–2 h

86.8 (2.6)

1.41 (0.28)

105.4 (6.2)

340 (16)

2.5–4 h

79.3 (2.7)

1.04 (0.15)

94.3 (4.4)

321 (19)

4.5–6 h

60.8 (3.1)*

1.85 (0.24)*

91.4 (7.1)

293 (30)

Endpoint

N/A

2.75 (0.27)*

96.9 (5.7)

329 (27)