Table 1. Survival in response to lidocaine after acute or chronic hyperglycemia.

Treatment group	Survival	n	Significance
Acute hyperglycemia (24 hours)
1. Control	105 ± 4	9	S vs. 2 and 4
			NS vs. 3
2. Lidocaine	45 ±15	17	S vs. 1 and 3
			NS vs. 4
3. High glucose	107 ± 6	17	S vs. 2 and 4
			NS vs. 1
4. High glucose plus lidocaine	55 ±13	17	S vs. 1 and 3
			NS vs. 2
Chronic hyperglycemia (72 hours)
1. Control	103 ± 4	9	S vs. 2 and 4
			NS vs. 3
2. Lidocaine (as above)	45 ± 15	17	S vs. 1 and 3
			NS vs. 4
3. High glucose	102 ±7	17	S vs. 2 and 4
			NS vs. 1
4. High glucose plus lidocaine	53 ± 27	16	S vs. 1 and 3
			NS vs. 2

Legend: S significant NS non-significant.