Table 3 Medians (25–75th percentiles) values of carotid vascular resistance computed at each time point for the two groups (septic pigs SS n = 9, sham pigs SH n = 7, if not stated otherwise in the table).

From: Autonomic and circulatory alterations persist despite adequate resuscitation in a 5-day sepsis swine experiment

 

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

Carotid VR

SS

10.5 (9.1,13.3)n=8

11.9 (10.8,14.7)n=8

7.4 (6.3,9.9)

8.3 (7.1,9.1)°#

9.3 (7.3,10.8)

SH

9.5 (8.8,10.8)n=5

8.8 (8.6,9.8)n=5 *

8 (7.6,8.7)n=6

8.7 (8.1,9.6)n=6

10.7 (8.1,10.9)n=6

  1. Carotid VR = carotid vascular resistance [mmHg/mL/min/Kg], Comparison between Sepsis and Sham: *p-value < 0.05 (Wilcoxon rank sum test). Wilcoxon signed test: °p < 0.05 with respect to T1, #p < 0.05 with respect to T2 (Friedman test p-value < 0.05).
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