Table 5.

Reference ranges of physiological parameters in awake animals (Brun-Pascaud et al., 1982; Irvine et al., 1997; Mattson, 1998; McDougall et al., 2000; Mills et al., 2000; Lee et al., 2009; Bondarenko et al., 2014; Liu and Fan, 2017).

	paO2 (mmHg)	paCO2 (mmHg)	Respiratory rate (/min)	Heart rate (/min)	Arterial blood pressure (mmHg)
Rats	90 ± 5.5	34.5 ± 3.0	70–110; 85 ± 6	300–500; 336 ± 18 (291-425 over 24h)	Systolic 132 ± 6 (121–141) Diastolic 115 ± 6 (107–124); Mean 103 ± 1
Mice	88 ± 3	39 ± 3	100–200	300–800; 627 ± 21	Mean 90–140

Values separated by a semicolon are from two different sources.