From: Early changes of muscle membrane properties in porcine faecal peritonitis
Controls (n = 10) | Wilcoxon | Peritonitis (n = 10) | Wilcoxon | Welch rank | |||
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Baseline | 27 hours | (Pvalue) | Baseline | 27 hours | (Pvalue) | (Pvalue) | |
Nerve conduction studies | |||||||
CMAP amplitude (mV) | 1.62 ± 1.22 | 1.55 ± 1.08 | 0.19 | 1.05 ± 0.94 | 1.20 ± 1.17 | 0.19 | 0.80 |
CMAP duration (ms) | 1.25 ± 0.11 | 1.40 ± 0.18 | 0.064 | 1.33 ± 0.14 | 1.61 ± 0.27 | 0.020* | 0.044* |
Stimulus for 50% maximal CMAP (mA) | 3.74 ± 1.92 | 4.16 ± 2.04 | 0.77 | 3.32 ± 1.12 | 4.79 ± 1.51 | 0.0020** | 0.35 |
Muscle velocity recovery cycles | |||||||
Muscle relative refractory period (ms) | 2.41 ± 0.42 | 2.44 ± 0.46 | 0.63 | 2.38 ± 0.18 | 3.47 ± 1.79 | 0.0098** | 0.0048** |
Early supernormality (%) | 8.28 ± 2.69 | 8.64 ± 1.96 | 0.63 | 9.64 ± 2.82 | 6.50 ± 2.64 | 0.0039** | 0.0061** |