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From: Increasing mean arterial blood pressure in sepsis: effects on fluid balance, vasopressor load and renal function

Figure 3

Isolated skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration during unresuscitated sepsis. Complex I-, II- and IV-isolated skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration in septic control animals from baseline to end (represented by connecting lines for each pig, n = 8). State 3 and State 4 oxygen consumption is expressed as pmol/second/mg protein. State 3, active respiration after addition of ADP; State 4, respiration after consumption of ADP. The ratio between State 3 and State 4 was calculated as the respiratory control ratio (RCR; state 3/state 4). *P = 0.02, paired t-test.

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