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From: Resuscitation of haemorrhagic shock with normal saline vs. lactated Ringer's: effects on oxygenation, extravascular lung water and haemodynamics

Figure 1

Blood pressure curves for experimental groups. This graph is a composite of the mean arterial pressures of the two resuscitation groups. The liver injury is created at time zero. Fluid resuscitation was begun at 30 minutes into the experiment. There is no difference in mean arterial pressure (MAP) between the two groups until resuscitation. Despite being given significantly more fluid, mean arterial pressures of the animals five the normal saline (NS) was significantly lower than the lactated Ringer's solution (LR) group beginning 39 minutes into the resuscitation (NS 56.9 ± 1.6 mmHg vs. LR 64.0 ± 2.0 mmHg; * p = 0.01)) and remaining so until close to study end.

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