. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 16.

Published in final edited form as: Afr J Med Med Sci. 2014 Sep;43(Suppl 1):157–166.

Table 1.

Effect of BSS on serum electrolytes

	Sodium ^*	Potassium^*	Calcium^*	Chloride^*	Bicarbonate^*
Group 1	145.00±1.00	6.77±0.25	7.97±0.31	113.00±1.73	18.67±0.58
Group 2	146.75±2.63	6.43±0.57	8.53±0.38^a	112.75±1.89	19.75±1.50
Group 3	141.75±1.71	5.70±0.77^a	8.85±0.38	108.75±2.06	19.50±1.29
Group 4	142.60±4.93^b	6.18±0.65	8.52±0.26^a	110.80±4.60^ab	18.00±1.22
Group 5	139.67±4.62^b	6.70±0.36	8.23±0.35^c	106.67±2.08	19.00±1.73
Group 6	143.67±3.51	6.33±0.85	8.23±0.40^c	111.33±3.21	19.33±1.53

Values expressed in mmol/l are mean ± S.E of rats in each group

The values with the superscript a,b,c shows significant difference from other groups at 0.05 level.