Table 2.

Arterial blood gases and blood glucose levels prior to SAH and immediately before decapitation and removal of the brain

	pO2 before SAH	pO2 before brain removal	Glucose before SAH (mg/dl)	Glucose before brain removal (mg/dl)
Control	149 ± 51	138 ± 30	356 ± 18	295 ± 12
15’	140 ± 32	143 ± 36	368 ± 16	315 ± 18
30’	153 ± 41	150 ± 45	332 ± 62	290 ± 73
60’	134 ± 14	135 ± 18	380 ± 41	326 ± 29
180’	131 ± 29	129 ± 23	356 ± 33	295 ± 17
360’	134 ± 29	128 ± 23	353 ± 12	268 ± 51

The animals were not fasted prior to the experiments. Differences between the groups were not statistically significant (mean ± SD).