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. 2014 May;53(3):290–300.

Table 3.

Characteristics of venous blood samples collected before, during, and after the 5-h isoflurane (n= 5), ketamine (n= 4), propofol (n= 4), or no (control; n =5) anesthesia

Time after induction of anesthesia
At 3 h after recovery
Group 0 h 0.5 h 2.5 h 4.5 h
pH Isoflurane 7.30 ± 0.04 7.36 ± 0.08 7.36 ± 0.03 7.37 ± 0.03 7.38 ± 0.05
Ketamine 7.29 ± 0.05 7.43 ± 0.04 7.33 ± 0.09 7.34 ± 0.04 7.27 ± 0.14
Propofol 7.31 ± 0.04 7.41 ± 0.06 7.48 ± 0.07b 7.41 ± 0.04 7.35 ± 0.04
Control 7.29 ± 0.03 7.31 ± 0.04
pvCO2 (mm Hg) Isoflurane 43.5 ± 4.6 42.5 ± 12.0 37.2 ± 3.8a 38.0 ± 7.7 37.9 ± 7.6
Ketamine 41.1 ± 3.9 28.4 ± 5.5 32.8 ± 4.6 36.1 ± 5.3 41.1 ± 6.5
Propofol 36.6 ± 9.1 35.9 ± 7.1 26.9 ± 6.0 31.9 ± 4.2 37.4 ± 8.5
Control 46.5 ± 7.2 39.4 ± 3.7
pvO2 (mm Hg) Isoflurane 24 ± 3 38 ± 6 48 ± 18 43 ± 19 29 ± 5a
Ketamine 28 ± 2 37 ± 5 35 ± 9 33 ± 6 29 ± 2
Propofol 31 ± 15 37 ± 11 65 ± 20 66 ± 26 18 ± 7c
Control 25 ± 6 33 ± 5
O2 saturation (%) Isoflurane 37 ± 8 69 ± 12 76 ± 17 82 ± 16 53 ± 11
Ketamine 46 ± 5 73 ± 6 62 ± 17 58 ± 13 47 ± 12
Propofol 48 ± 26 80 ± 9 92 ± 9 90 ± 7b 35 ± 10
Control 39 ± 12 59 ± 7
HCO3 (mmol/L) Isoflurane 21.5 ± 0.6 23.2 ± 3.3 21.0 ± 2.9 22.0 ± 3.4 22.0 ± 2.9
Ketamine 18.9 ± 3.1 18.5 ± 2.2 17.6 ± 4.0 19.5 ± 2.2 19.3 ± 5.6
Propofol 18.2 ± 3.8 21.9 ± 3.4 20.1 ± 2.2 20.0 ± 0.8 20.9 ± 4.2
Control 23.1 ± 1.7 20.0 ± 1.1
Base excess (mmol/L) Isoflurane −5 ± 1 −2 ± 3 −4 ± 3 −4 ± 3 −3 ± 3
Ketamine −8 ± 4 −6 ± 2 −9 ± 5 −5 ± 3 −8 ± 7
Propofol −8 ± 4 −3 ± 3 −4 ± 2 −5 ± 1 −5 ± 4
Control −3 ± 1 −6 ± 1
Glucose (mg/dL) Isoflurane 79 ± 16 112 ± 31 102 ± 46 76.6 ± 29 58 ± 14
Ketamine 66 ± 9 114 ± 80 131 ± 26 90 ± 44 62 ± 8
Propofol 74 ± 23 117 ± 65 111 ± 66 96 ± 27 66 ± 5
Control 92 ± 47 74 ± 18
Lactate (mmol/L) Isoflurane 5.51 ± 2.74 3.00 ± 1.57 3.66 ± 0.99 3.71 ± 0.85a,b 3.17 ± 1.37
Ketamine 6.09 ± 2.87 2.91 ± 1.18 3.23 ± 1.78 2.08 ± 0.49 2.48 ± 1.41
Propofol 6.53 ± 2.02 2.81 ± 2.18 2.10 ± 0.48 1.73 ± 0.23 3.82 ± 1.11
Control 3.87 ± 1.41 3.11 ± 1.65
Hematocrit (%) Isoflurane 43 ± 5 36 ± 9 28 ± 5 30 ± 5 31 ± 6c
Ketamine 41 ± 4 31 ± 11 33 ± 6 32 ± 3 33 ± 5
Propofol 42 ± 9 36 ± 5 32 ± 2 31 ± 3 31 ± 7c
Control 52 ± 4 44 ± 5
Hemoglobin (g/dL) Isoflurane 14.6 ± 1.8 12.2 ± 3.2 10.2 ± 0.7 10.1 ± 1.7 10.5 ± 1.9c
Ketamine 13.9 ± 1.5 10.6 ± 3.6 11.1 ± 2.0 10.8 ± 1.1 11.2 ± 1.8
Propofol 14.1 ± 3.1 12.3 ± 1.8 10.7 ± 0.6 10.4 ± 1.2 10.6 ± 2.4c
Control 17.6 ± 1.4 15.0 ± 1.5
BUN (mg/dL) Isoflurane 7 ± 3 8 ± 3 8 ± 4 7 ± 5 7 ± 3
Ketamine 9 ± 1 8 ± 2 7 ± 2 7 ± 1 6 ± 1
Propofol 6 ± 1 7 ± 1 6 ± 1 5 ± 2 5 ± 2
Control 9 ± 7 10 ± 5
Sodium (mmol/L) Isoflurane 144 ± 2 141 ± 2 140 ± 2b 142 ± 3 147 ± 3
Ketamine 143 ± 1 141 ± 3 146 ± 4 146 ± 1 149 ± 5
Propofol 145 ± 2 141 ± 1 141 ± 1 142 ± 2 144 ± 3
Control 143 ± 0 143 ± 1
Potassium (mmol/L) Isoflurane 3.7 ± 0.2 3.4 ± 0.3 3.6 ± 0.5 3.6 ± 0.3 4.2 ± 1.5
Ketamine 3.6 ± 0.6 2.0 ± 0.4 3.8 ± 0.4 3.9 ± 2.0 3.2 ± 0.8
Propofol 3.6 ± 0.1 3.0 ± 0.3 3.1 ± 0.3 2.9 ± 0.2 3.4 ± 0.6
Control 3.9 ± 0.5 3.1 ± 0.3
Chloride (mmol/L) Isoflurane 110 ± 2 106 ± 3 109 ± 4 108 ± 3b 113 ± 3
Ketamine 113 ± 2 111 ± 2 111 ± 6 118 ± 5 111 ± 15
Propofol 112 ± 5 108 ± 3 107 ± 3 105 ± 1b 110 ± 3
Control 108 ± 2 113 ± 3
Anion gap (mmol/L) Isoflurane 16 ± 3 16 ± 4 15 ± 3 17 ± 4 16 ± 5
Ketamine 14 ± 3 16 ± 3 20 ± 7 13 ± 1 10 ± 6
Propofol 16 ± 5 14 ± 2 17 ± 2 17 ± 1 16 ± 4
Control 15 ± 1 13 ± 2
a

Value significantly (P < 0.05) different from that of propofol group.

b

Value significantly (P < 0.05) different from that of ketamine group.

c

Value significantly (P < 0.05) different from that of control group.