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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 28.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2021 May 28;91(6):1416–1427. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01584-6

Table 1. Physiological observations and blood gas results throughout the experiment.

Normothermia Hypothermia
Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Weight (g) 2008 (132) 2075 (161)
Rectal Temp (°C) Baseline 37.9 (0.8) 37.6 (0.4)
4h LPS 38.6 (0.3) 38.6 (0.3)
End of insult 38.1 (0.5) 38.1 (0.3)
1-25h 38.4 (0.1) 34.0 (0.5)**
25-35h 38.7 (0.1) 36.5 (1.3)**
35-48h 38.4 (0.2) 38.2 (0.2)
Heart Rate (bpm) Baseline 169.1 (26.0) 151.7 (11.9)
4h LPS 192.9 (15.0) 185.0 (12.6)
End of insult 237.3 (15.8) 225.6 (12.9)
1-25h 234.9 (20.5) 170.9 (24.8)**
25-35h 210.0 (25.2) 180.0 (8.7)*
35-48h 185.2 (21.7) 173.0 (13.1)
MABP (mmHg) Baseline 51.1 (4.3) 52.1 (1.4)
4h LPS 53.1 (3.7) 54.1 (5.8)
End of insult 47.3 (6.3) 43.7 (5.6)
1-25h 45.7 (5.4) 42.7 (9.8)
25-35h 55.0 (5.2) 42.8 (15.0)
35-48h 49.5 (2.9) 54.8 (4.5)
pH Baseline 7.48 (0.19) 7.57 (0.10)
4h LPS 7.44 (0.10) 7.45 (0.07)
End of insult 7.22 (0.11) 7.25 (0.13)
12h 7.49 (0.07) 7.44 (0.17)
24h 7.47 (0.03) 7.38 (0.13)
48h 7.47 (0.04) 7.48 (0.05)
PaC02 (kPa) Baseline 6.3 (3.4) 4.3 (0.8)
4h LPS 5.8 (1.0) 5.6 (0.7)
End of insult 6.3 (1.8) 5.6 (0.9)
12h 5.3 (0.6) 4.4 (1.1)
24h 5.4 (0.7) 5.1 (1.3)
48h 5.2 (0.6) 5.0 (0.4)
PaO2 (kPa) Baseline 18.6 (2.7) 15.0 (4.3)
4h LPS 10.4 (1.1) 10.8 (0.9)
End of insult 3.6 (0.4) 3.7 (0.9)
12h 13.7 (4.8) 15.5 (6.6)
24h 12.8 (3.1) 10.7 (4.0)
48h 15.2 (3.9) 14.6 (1.8)
BE (mmol/L) Baseline 8.5 (3.3) 7.7 (4.4)
4h LPS 5.9 (3.4) 5.1 (3.4)
End of insult -9.0 (2.9) -8.7 (4.9)
12h 6.8 (3.4) -0.3 (10.5)
24h 5.7 (2.1) -1.7 (9.8)
48h 4.5 (2.4) 5.4 (4.9)
Lactate (mmol/L) Baseline 3.6 (1.7) 2.9 (1.2)
4h LPS 4.1 (2.0) 3.4 (1.3)
End of insult 13.1 (1.7) 11.0 (2.2)
12h 3.0 (0.6) 6.6 (5.0)
24h 2.3 (0.8) 6.7 (7.1)
48h 1.1 (0.2) 1.3 (0.3)
Glucose (mmol/L) Baseline 4.9 (1.3) 5.2 (1.2)
4h LPS 6.0 (2.2) 5.6 (0.5)
End of insult 8.9 (3.0) 7.9 (1.0)
12h 6.8 (1.2) 11.5 (5.6)
24h 6.5 (1.2) 10.3 (3.6)*
48h 4.5 (1.2) 4.9 (0.7)
Potassium (mmol/L) Baseline 4.1 (0.7) 4.5 (0.4)
4h LPS 4.5 (0.4) 5.0 (0.4)
End of insult 4.5 (0.5) 5.2 (0.8)
12h 6.3 (0.7) 6.3 (1.0)
24h 6.7 (0.7) 6.7 (1.4)
48h 5.7 (1.2) 6.2 (1.3)

MABP mean arterial blood pressure, BE base excess

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.005