Table 4 Summary of the study results. bsTT: bilateral soft tissue trauma; Ctrl: healthy animals without intervention; Fx: osteotomy and external fixation; HS: hemorrhagic shock; Lap: midline laparotomy; MT: multiple trauma (TxT + HS + Lap + bsTT); PT: polytrauma (PT I: TxT + HS + Fx and PT II: TxT + HS + Fx + Lap); Sham: surgical procedures without trauma; TxT: thoracic trauma. p < 0.05 * vs. Ctrl; # vs. Sham; a vs. PT I; b vs. PT II; c vs. MT.

From: Traumatic injury pattern is of equal relevance as injury severity for experimental (poly)trauma modeling

Group

Size

Mortality

Activity

sO2

pCO2

HCO3

Base excess

BUN

AST

ALT

LDH

CPK

n

%

mm Hg

mm Hg

mmol/L

mmol/L

mg/dL

IU/L

IU/L

IU/L

IU/L

Ctrl

15

0

Sham

15

0

Fx

16

0

a b c

b c

a

b

* #

a b c

* #

* #

Lap

16

0

a b c

a b c

c

a b c

a b c

c *

a b

HS

15

13

* #

* #

b

a b c *

b c

a b c

a b c

TxT

15

22

b c * #

b c

a b c

a b c

b

a b c

a b c

b c *

a b c

bSTT

16

0

a b c

c

c

a

b

a b c

b c

a b c

a b c

PT I

18

22

* #

* #

*

* #

* #

* #

* #

PT II

18

22

* #

* #

* #

* #

* #

* #

* #

MT

18

22

* #

* #

* #

*

* #

* #

* #

* #