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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Crit Care. 2012 Jul 2;27(6):746.e1–746.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.04.016

Table 1.

Physiologic response to cooling in patients with SIRS and fever1.

Parameter Baseline 2 15 min 30 min 45 min 60 min 75 min 90 min
Heart rate 108±29 108±31 107±24 105±24 106±24 103±20 102±213
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 114±14.2 114±15.4 126±10.8 127±15.6 129±14.9 129±16.5 128±12.33
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 51±3.9 53±14 57±13 60±15 61±16 61±14 62±143
Mean arterial pressure (mm Hg) 68±4.9 71±14 77±16 80±17 83±17 82±16 82±164
Respiratory rate (breaths per min) 28±11 28±8.2 29±11 30±10 30±13 29±12 28±123
VE (L/min) 12.3±4.3 12.2±4 13.7±4.7 13.5±4.6 13.7±4.9 13±5 12.9±4.83
1

Measurements made every 15 min during cooling (mean±SD of 6 subjects)

2

Baseline measurements made every 5 min during 15 min pre-cooling baseline

3

not significant by repeated measures ANOVA.

4

p < 0.001 by repeated measures ANOVA.