Role of Ethyl Pyruvate in Systemic Inflammatory Response and Lung Injury in an Experimental Model of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Table 3

Blood gas values.

	pH	PO2	PCO2	HCO3	BE
Sh	7.38±0.04	115.75±12.34	41.8±5.7	25.45±1.73	0.43±1.38
Sh + EP	7.44±0.08	107.43±9.54	34.3±11.6	23.51±5.14	0.13±2.49
S/C	7.20 ± 0.09^a,b	79.88±18.39	36.1±7.05	15.4±4.7	−9.38 ± 5.04^a,b
S/C + EP	7.33 ± 0.07^a,b	87.11±14.29	36.9±7.47	19.24±2.88	−5.64 ± 2.8^a,b

PaO₂: arterial oxygen pressure; PaCO₂: arterial carbon dioxide pressure; HCO₃: bicarbonate; BE: base excess.
^a𝑃<0.016 versus Sh.
^b𝑃<0.016 versus Sh + EP.
^c𝑃<0.016 versus S/C.