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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2016 Aug;44(8):e702–e710. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001671

Table 2. Physiologic variables in α-Syn-/- mice used for experiments on brain water content at 24 hr following CA/CPR.

NS Surgical Shams NS CA/CPR 7.5% HS Surgical Shams 7.5% HS CA/CPR
N 6 12 6 14
Body weight (g) 24.5±0.4 24.1±0.6 24.7±0.5 24.3±0.4
CPR duration (sec) 65±5 64±6
Epinephrine (μg) 8.9±0.2 9.0±0.2
Survival rate (%) 100% 75% 100% 71%
Sodium (mmol/L) at end of experiment 145±1 146±1 152±2* 157±4*
Osmolality (mOsm/L) at end of experiment 316±3 316±4 340±5* 351±7*
Neuroscore 7 (7–9) 8 (5.5–8.5)

Neuroscore is presented as median with 25 and 75% quartiles.

All other data indicates mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM).

CA/CPR, cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; NS, 0.9% saline;

HS, hypertonic saline.

*

P < 0.05 vs. NS treatment groups