Table 1.
Normothermia | Whole-body heating | Whole-body heating with volume loading | |
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Blood temperature (°C) | 36.6 ± 0.3 | 37.7 ± 0.4* | 37.9 ± 0.4*† |
Mean body temperature (°C) | 36.5 ± 0.2 | 37.7 ± 0.4* | 37.9 ± 0.4*† |
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg) | 91 ± 7.6 | 79 ± 7.8* | 80 ± 6.6* |
Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (mmHg) | 9.8 ± 1.5 | 6.7 ± 2.3* | 12.3 ± 3.3*† |
Central venous pressure (mmHg) | 6.0 ± 2.2 | 3.1 ± 2.3* | 5.0 ± 2.7† |
Cardiac output (l min−1) | 6.4 ± 0.9 | 10.9 ± 2.2* | 13.8 ± 2.4*† |
Stroke volume (ml) | 110 ± 19 | 122 ± 30 | 143 ± 29*† |
Heart rate (beats min−1) | 60 ± 11 | 91 ± 14* | 98 ± 11* |
Systemic vascular conductance (ml min−1 mmHg−1) | 76 ± 11 | 144 ± 31* | 184 ± 33*† |
Stroke work (mmHg ml) | 10003 ± 2125 | 9672 ± 2438 | 11410 ± 2641*† |
Cardiac minute work (mmHg l min−1) | 587 ± 104 | 871 ± 199* | 1103 ± 230*† |
Difference from normothermia (P < 0.05),
difference between whole-body heating and whole-body heating with volume loading (P < 0.05). Values are mean ±s.d.