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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Physiol. 2013 Jul 12;98(11):1597–1607. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.074104

Table 1.

Normothermic and hyperthermic baselines

Parameter Normothermia Hyperthermia
Mean skin temperature (°C) 34.4 ± 0.5 39.4 ± 1.0*
Intestinal temperature (°C) 36.9 ± 0.3 38.3 ± 0.3*
Right MCAV (cm s−1)
 Peak systolic 97 ± 12 97 ± 20
 End diastolic 52 ± 7 43 ± 10*
 Mean 70 ± 10 61 ± 14*
Left MCAV (cm s−1)
 Peak systolic 94 ± 16 90 ± 25
 End diastolic 50 ± 9 41 ± 13*
 Mean 68 ± 11 58 ± 17*
MAP (mmHg) 76 ± 11 66 ± 7*
PET,CO2 (mmHg) 38 ± 3 34 ± 5*
Heart rate (beats min−1) 56 ± 9 90 ± 14*

Values are means ± SD. Abbreviations: MAP, mean arterial blood pressure; MCAV, middle cerebral artery blood velocity; and PET,CO2, partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide.

*

Significantly different from normothermia (P < 0.020).