Parameter | Group | Baseline | Lung lavage | End |
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FRC (ml) | NT | 386 (45) | 224 (81) | 278 (46) |
1T | 435 (105) | 231 (54) | 287 (116) |
3T | 341 (53) | 158 (21) | 202 (46) |
Cexp (ml/cmH2O) | NT | 47 (10) | 37 (9) | 47 (5) |
1T | 51 (19) | 39 (17) | 49 (17) |
3T | 51 (7) | 41 (2) | 50 (3) |
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Abbreviations: Cexp compliance of the respiratory system obtained as the maximal slope of a full expiratory pressure-volume curve, FRC functional residual capacity, NT control animals that did not receive Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (THAM), 1T group that received THAM infusion for 1 h, 3T group that received THAM infusion for 3 h
- Lung lavage values obtained 30 minutes after lung lavage; end values obtained at the end of the experiment
- Values are mean (standard deviation)
