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From: Intravenous glutamine decreases lung and distal organ injury in an experimental model of abdominal sepsis

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Means ± standard deviation of eight animals in each group (10 determinations per animal). (a) Lung static elastance (Est, L) measures are shown. (b) Stacked bars chart plot data in which white bars represent the lung viscous pressure (ΔP1, L) and gray bars are the viscoelastic/inhomogeneous (ΔP2, L) pressure dissipations. The whole column represents the total pressure (ΔPtot, L) variation in each group. Sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture surgery (CLP). A sham-operated group was used as control group (C) for animals undergoing CLP. One hour after surgery, C and CLP groups were treated with saline (SAL) or glutamine (Gln). *Significantly different from C-SAL group (P < 0.05).

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