Effect of Negative Pressure Therapy on the Inflammatory Response of the Intestinal Microenvironment in a Porcine Septic Model

Figure 3

Hematology. The percent change (in the number of total circulating leukocytes, Panel (a)), neutrophils (Panel (b)), and lymphocytes (Panel (c)) in surviving animals over the duration of the experiment showed leukocytosis consisting predominantly of neutrophils that peaked at 12 hrs after injury and was observed during most of the experimental period in both treatment groups. Lymphopenia was observed beginning as early as 12 hrs after injury in both groups but progressed steadily in the SOC group, which was significantly greater than in the NPT group ().

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