Table 5.

Causes of postoperative death as determined through necropsy

		Before surgery
Cause of death	Mouse	Weight (g)	BG (mg/dL)	Treatment group	Date of death (d after surgery)	Last BG (mg/dL); day and time	Second to last BG (mg/dL); day and time	Weight (g) prior to weight on day of death
Aspiration pneumonia	13	30.96	152	ND	2	98 day 2, 1200	59 day 2, AM	NR
	14	31.72	185	D	4	61 day 3, PM	21 day 3, 1200	24.81, day 3
Bedding impaction	6	41.95	148	D	4	75 day 3, PM	80 day 3, 1200	36.11, day 3
Hypoglycemia	9	37.33	192	D	2	Low day 2, 1200	84 day 2, AM	NR
	10	42.34	163	ND	2	Low day 2, AM	16 day 1, PM	NR
Surgery site leakage	2	38.42	268	ND	10	60 day 3, PM	65 day 3, 1200	27.08, day 9
	5	44.67	154	D	11	71 day 3, PM	76 day 3, PM	28.94, day 11

NR, not recorded

Low is a readout on the glucometer when BG is below the limit of quantification