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. 2014 Jan 3;15:2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-15-2

Table 1.

Physiological variables

 
 Group
  Control (n = 6) UCO (n = 3) BCO (n = 4) BCOH (n = 4)
Body weight (kg)
 19.5 ± 2.8
 17.3 ± 2.3
 22.8 ± 3.3
 22.0 ± 3.4
HR (beats/min)
  
  
  
  
Before carotid ligation
 125 ± 15
 112 ± 11
 122 ± 21
 112 ± 25
At brain biopsy
 111 ± 15
 115 ± 9
 103 ± 15
 138 ± 16ab
MAP (mmHg)
  
  
  
  
Before carotid ligation
 101 ± 14
 92 ± 4
 105 ± 6
 99 ± 17
At brain biopsy
 94 ± 11
 85 ± 9
 89 ± 18
 42 ± 7ab
Arterial pH (mmHg)
  
  
  
  
Before carotid ligation
 7.50 ± 0.01
 7.40 ± 0.01
 7.53 ± 0.03
 7.49 ± 0.06
At brain biopsy
 7.49 ± 0.02
 7.52 ± 0.02
 7.55 ± 0.04
 7.39 ± 0.01ab
Arterial pO2 (mmHg)
  
  
  
  
Before carotid ligation
 107.2 ± 27.1
 116.0 ± 48.1
 98.3 ± 30.1
 76.8 ± 11.6
At brain biopsy
 100.0 ± 15.0
 120.0 ± 50.5
 82.7 ± 7.3
 71.7 ± 9.8
Arterial pCO2 (mmHg)
  
  
  
  
Before carotid ligation
 38.8 ± 6.1
 38.3 ± 7.6
 41.0 ± 6.5
 38.1 ± 6.3
At brain biopsy
 35.0 ± 8.0
 37.0 ± 1.4
 36.3 ± 4.6
 41.3 ± 7.0
Esophageal temperature (ºC)
  
  
  
  
Before carotid ligation
 39.3 ± 1.0
 39.5 ± 1.0
 38.3 ± 0.6
 38.6 ± 0.9
At brain biopsy 39.4 ± 0.9 39.0 ± 1.2 38.0 ± 0.7 37.8 ± 0.7

BCO, bilateral carotid occlusion; BCOH, bilateral carotid occlusion with systemic hypotension; MAP, mean arterial blood pressure; UCO, unilateral carotid occlusion. Values are mean ± SD. ap < 0.05 vs. before carotid ligation; bp < 0.05 vs. control.