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Table 2 Arterial blood gas analysis before (0 h) and after 4 h of brain death induction

From: Male versus female inflammatory response after brain death model followed by ex vivo lung perfusion

BD

P value (Time/Sex)

 

Time

Male

Female

PaCO2 (kPa)

0 h

9.3 ± 0.21

8.77 ± 0.5

0.6360/

0.0193

4 h

6.0 ± 0.57*

11.35 ± 1.4*α

PaO2 (kPa)

0 h

53.34 ± 1.8

51.6 ± 1.8

< 0.0001/

0.0553

4 h

30.2 ± 3.4*

20.4 ± 1.9*α

  1. Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM from five animals. *P < 0.05, in relation to data at 0 h of the same group, αP < 0.05 in relation to males at 4 h timepoint
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Biology of Sex Differences

ISSN: 2042-6410

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