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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2009 Jan;37(1):7–18. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31818727bf

Table 2.

Laboratory measures

Parameter Bacterial Dose No Pump IABC
Time after bacterial inoculation (mean (+/- SE)) p-value* Time after bacterial inoculation (mean (+/- SE)) p-value+
Baseline
24 h
48 h
72 h
96 h
Baseline
24 h
48 h
72 h
96 h
Animals alive 19 16 14 13 11 14 11 8 7 6
White blood cells (K/uL) Low 6.6(0.5) 8.6(1.7) 14.3(1.4) 14.7(1.7) 8.7(2.0) 7.5(0.8) 8.4(2.6) 15.5(2.9) 15.7(2.3) 7.4(2.3)
High 6.4(0.4) 2.5(0.8) 8.7(0.8) 11.9(4.6) 16.3(0.0) 0.29 7.5(0.9) 2.3(0.6) 8.5(1.0) 10.9(3.7) 7.7(1.5) 0.99
Hemoglobin (g/dL) Low 12.5(0.4) 16.5(0.7) 13.4(0.8) 11.9(1.0) 11.3(0.8) 12.0(0.2) 16.6(1.0) 14.0(1.5) 10.7(1.8) 11.7(1.1)
High 11.4(0.4) 18.2(0.6) 14.0(0.5) 12.8(1.1) 11.2(0) 0.18 13.7(0.8) 19.6(1.5) 15.1(1.4) 14.6(0.8) 12.0(1.2) 0.18
Platelets (K/uL) Low 221(14) 189(14) 105(9) 86(13) 80(14) 190(15) 149(13) 52.4(5.0) 21.3(4.5) 36.3(4.3)
High 187(17) 170(17) 102(27) 63(71) 137(0) 0.55 247(19) 129(20) 47(4) 28.3(17.7) 45(13) 0.04
Bicarbonate (mmol/L) Low 17.1(0.4) 11.1(0.5) 11.8(0.3) 13.2(0.7) 14.3(1.0) 15.5(0.3) 11.1(0.8) 11.9(0.7) 12.3(0.6) 12.8(0.5)
High 16.8(1.5) 12.6(1.0) 13.0(1.1) 13.3(1.1) 15.1(0) 0.48 13.2(1.2) 9.6(1.2) 11.2(1.2) 11.3(1.2) 13.1(1.1) 0.81
Sodium (mmol/L) Low 145 (1) 144(1) 142(1) 142(1) 144(1) 143 (1) 143(2) 141(2) 142(3) 144(4)
High 144(1) 139(2) 139(4) 141(8) 145(0) 0.006 145(1) 142(2) 138(2) 136(2) 136(6) 0.62
Chloride (mmol/L) Low 117(1) 126(1) 124(1) 123(1) 124(1) 117(1) 125(1) 124(2) 123(3) 125(4)
High 115(1) 119(2) 122(4) 122(4) 121(0) 0.01 118(1) 122(2) 122(3) 121(3) 118(1) 0.91
Potassium (mmol/L) Low 3.7(0.1) 3.6(0.1) 3.4(0.1) 3.2(0.2) 3.2(0.2) 3.5(0.1) 3.3(0.2) 3.5(0.1) 3.4(0.1) 3.4(0.3)
High 3.8(0.1) 4.3(0.3) 4.0(0.4) 4.5(1.3) 4.2(0) 0.01 3.8(0.1) 4.7(0.4) 3.9(0.2) 4.2(1.0) 4.3(0) 0.41
*

, low vs. high bacterial dose;

+

, Interaction IABC vs. no pump comparing low vs. high bacterial dose