Blood chemistry. Serum sodium concentrations (A), chloride concentration (B), plasma osmolality (C), and blood hematocrit (D) were measured in Groups II and III at the baseline, and at 5 and 120 min post-resuscitation. * P < 0.05 vs conventional resuscitation (CR) (Group II); #, P < 0.05 vs baseline by 2-way ANOVA and Bonferroni post-test.