Table 1.

Arterial blood gas values

	Group	Baseline	Post 2 hour shock	6 hour observation	p-value*
pH	FFP Fast	7.45 ± 0.02	7.37 ± 0.03	7.50 ± 0.02	0.84
	FFP Slow	7.47 ± 0.02	7.45 ± 0.01	7.49 ± 0.01
	NS Fast	7.44 ± 0.01	7.41 ± 0.02	7.43 ± 0.02	0.21
	NS Slow	7.45 ± 0.01	7.43 ± 0.01	7.39 ± 0.03
pO2 (mmHg)	FFP Fast	107.94 ± 6.37	97.26 ± 2.91	99.72 ± 7.55	0.99
	FFP Slow	94.38 ± 2.08	103.54 ± 8.68	99.72 ± 1.95
	NS Fast	105.52 ± 4.08	99.50 ± 5.11	92.98 ± 5.02	0.10
	NS Slow	91.71 ± 2.41	97.67 ± 3.24	81.45 ± 3.70
pCO2 (mmHg)	FFP Fast	36.94 ± 1.52	42.16 ± 1.50	38.26 ± 1.44	0.61
	FFP Slow	35.98 ± 1.69	31.92 ± 1.55	39.25 ± 1.18
	NS Fast	34.36 ± 2.29	41.36 ± 3.95	37.24 ± 1.93	0.93
	NS Slow	38.52 ± 1.02	35.94 ± 1.74	37.49 ± 1.92
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	FFP Fast	9.92 ± 0.43	10.74 ± 0.28	6.60 ± 0.44	0.01
	FFP Slow	9.42 ± 0.24	10.32 ± 0.14	5.12 ± 1.13
	NS Fast	9.12 ± 0.18	10.06 ± 0.47	6.58 ± 0.29	0.10
	NS Slow	8.78 ± 0.25	10.02 ± 0.21	5.98 ± 0.23
Lactate (mmol/l)	FFP Fast	1.60 ± 0.12	5.18 ± 1.18	2.94 ± 0.26	0.01
	FFP Slow	1.50 ± 0.21	3.64 ± 0.07	2.04 ± 0.12
	NS Fast	1.36 ± 0.16	3.20 ± 0.50	1.48 ± 0.29	0.74
	NS Slow	1.44 ± 0.14	4.46 ± 1.44	1.34 ± 0.30

Data presented as mean ± standard error of the mean.

*Denotes comparisons between slow and fast infusion of similar fluid types at the 6-hour observation time point. P-values in bold indicate significant differences.