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Table 3 Perfusate parameters on perfusate leaving the lung (venous) on ex vivo perfusion machine

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

 

Min

Male

Female

P value (Time/BD/Sex)

Sham

BD

Sham

BD

PaCO2 (kPa)

15

2.02 ± 0.66

2.68 ± 0.83

2.23 ± 0.55

2.1 ± 0.33

0.0008

/0.5655

/0.1681

240

1.64 ± 0.09

1.75 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.0

1.81 ± 0.48

PaO2 (kPa)

15

45.32 ± 19.84

31.56 ± 16.9

44.28 ± 14.66

51.64 ± 3.44

0.6898

/0.1857

/0.2342

240

47.18 ± 16.98

39.24 ± 15.99

52.18 ± 14.52

42.26 ± 18.47

  1. Animals were submitted to brain death (BD—4 h) their lungs were placed in the ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP—4 h). As controls, Sham animals had their lungs placed in the EVLP (4 h)
  2. Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM from five animals
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Biology of Sex Differences

ISSN: 2042-6410

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