. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2012 Mar 10;178(1):370–377. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.12.021

Table 1.

Alterations in arterial pH, actual bicarbonate (HCO₋₃), actual base excess (ABE), standard base excess (SBE), PaCO₂ and PaO₂ in sham-operated animals (Sham) and septic animals treated with normal saline (Vehicle) or ghrelin (Ghrelin) at 20 h after cecal ligation and puncture (CLP).

	Sham	CLP-Vehicle	CLP-Ghrelin
pH	7.40±0.008	7.48±0.005^*	7.46±0.008^*
HCO₃⁻ (mmol/L)	23.6±1.15	28.5±0.96^*	25.1±0.97^#
ABE (mmol/L)	0.03±0.79	4.79±0.71^*	2.08±0.73^#
SBE (mmol/L)	−0.46±1.04	4.78±0.85^*	1.61±0.86^#
PaCO₂ (mmHg)	38.8±1.96	40.4±2.14	35.9±1.72
PaO₂ (mmHg)	87.8±2.99	83.9±2.89	87.1±3.29

Data are expressed as means ± SE (n=8/group) and compared by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Student-Newman-Keuls method:

P<0.05 versus sham-operated animals;

P<0.05 versus CLP animals treated with vehicle.