Table 5.
Biochemical and haematological data
| Day | |||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| n | 43 | 43 | 43 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| pH | 7.44 ± 0.07 | 7.52 ± 0.06 | 7.50 ± 0.06 | 7.52 ± 0.06 | 7.51 ± 0.05 | 7.50 ± 0.04 | 7.50 ± 0.07 | 7.49 ± 0.05 | 7.52 ± 0.04 | 7.50 ± 0.07 | 7.45 ± 0.06 |
| Potassium (mmol/l) | 3.9 ± 0.4 | 3.5 ± 0.7 | 4.0 ± 0.7 | 4.0 ± 0.4 | 3.8 ± 0.6 | 4.1 ± 0.6 | 4.0 ± 0.5 | 4.1 ± 0.6 | 4.3 ± 0.4 | 4.1 ± 0.6 | 4.1 ± 0.5 |
| Platelets (× 100/mm3) | 266 ± 241 | 236 ± 177 | 216 ± 93 | 199 ± 90 | 234 ± 177 | 161 ± 68 | 188 ± 142 | 170 ± 90 | 154 ± 78* | 155 ± 78* | 121 ± 94* |
| Total white cells(× 1000/mm3) | 17.9 ± 6.2 | 15.4 ± 6.2 | 15.9 ± 7.2 | 13.0 ± 5.7 | 13.6 ± 5.2 | 10.3 ± 4.4 | 12.6 ± 6.2 | 11.3 ± 6.4 | 11.5 ± 4.5 | 12.7 ± 4.7 | 13.4 ± 4.9 |
The day 0 column provides the test results on day of induction of hypothermia. Values are expressed as emans ± standard deviation. *P < 0.05, versus day 0.