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Table 1 Concentration of protein S-100 (μ g/l)

From: The effect of continuous treatment of the NO liberator sodium nitroprusside on the serum kinetics of the brain marker protein S-100 in infants and children undergoing corrective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

 

Prebypass

2 h after bypass

24 h after bypass

48 h after bypass

Nitroprusside-treated (n =99)

0.55 ± 0.36

2.5 ± 2

1.13 ± 1.0

1.0 ± 1.4

Nitroprusside nontreated (n =92)

0.59 ± 0.4

2.8 ± 2

1.99 ± 2.1

1.5 ± 2.3

Mann-Whitney test

NS

NS

P = 0.0005

P = 0.08

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. NS, not significant.