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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci Methods. 2013 Nov 2;222:34–41. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.10.015

Table 1. Body weight, cardiac arrest parameters, survival rate, and general health assessment.

Total ischemia represents time from induction of cardiac arrest to successful resuscitation. Postoperative day (POD) refers to day following CA/CPR.

CA 6 minutes CA 8 minutes
Adult Pediatric Adult Pediatric
Nomothermia Hypothermia
N 8 6 7 8 6
Body weight (BW, g) 23.2 ± 0.6 9.7 ± 0.2 23.6 ± 0.6 9.9 ± 0.4 10.3 ± 0.2
Total ischemia time (sec) 461 ± 7 436 ± 5 590 ± 6 594 ± 7 590 ± 9
Epinephrine (µg/g BW) 0.26 ± 0.03 0.42 ± 0.02* 0.33 ± 0.04 0.52 ± 0.05* 0.52 ± 0.07
Surviving animals (%) 89(8/9) 100(6/6) 70(7/10) 89(8/9) 100(6/6)
Health Assessment Score
    POD 1 1.6 ± 0.3 1.0 ± 0.5 4.9 ± 0.8* 2.1 ± 0.3 2.2 ± 0.2
    POD 2 1.1 ± 0.2 0.2 ± 0.2 2.0 ± 0.8 1.4 ± 0.3 1.5 ± 0.2
    POD 3 0.5 ± 0.2 0.0 ± 0.0 2.1 ± 1.2* 0.5 ± 0.2 0.7 ± 0.2

* in epinephrine indicates P < 0.05 compared to corresponding adult group and * in health assessment score indicates P < 0.05 compared to pediatric normothermia 8 minute group.

CA/CPR, cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. BW, body weight.