Table 1.
Clinical and laboratory variables in the study
| Clinical variables |
| Heart rate/min |
| Respiratory rate/min |
| Rectal temperature °C |
| Mucous membranes (normal/abnormal) |
| Capillary refill time (CRT) sec |
| Pain (no pain/moderate/severe) |
| Abdominal activity (no sounds/decreased/normal/increased) |
| Distended small intestine by rectal examination (yes/no) |
| Pain by rectal examination (yes/no) |
| Reflux through naso-pharyngeal tube (yes/no) |
| Laboratory variables |
| Packed cell volume (PCV) % |
| Haemoglobin g/l |
| Total protein g/l |
| α-, β- and γ-globulin g/l |
| Albumin g/l |
| Fibrinogen g/l |
| Anion Gap (Na+ + K+-(Cl- + HCO3)) mmol/l |
| Na+ mmol/l |
| K+ mmol/l |
| Cl- mmol/l |
| Total Ca mmol/l |
| Mg++ mmol/l |
| Lactate mmol/l |
| HCO3 - mmol/l |
| Arterial pO2 kPa |
| Arterial pCO2 kPa |
| Standard Base Excess (SBE) mmol/l |
| PH |
| D-dimer mg/l |