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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010 May 10;15(4):230–235. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2010.03.007

Table 3.

Protective effects of oxygen pre-exposure on oxygen tolerance in adult rats

Period of exposure
Group Death by 72 h Death by 7 days 72 h: pleural fluid
Air exposed 0 0 <0.10 ml
>95% oxygen 79% 100% 4.9 ± 2.6 ml
>95% oxygen pre-exposed* 0 0 0.12 ± 05 ml

Data from Frank et al.22

*>95% O2 for 48 h, then air for 24 h before re-exposure to >95% O2.