Erratum to: The influence of N-acetyl-L-cysteine infusion on cytokine levels and gastric intramucosal pH during severe sepsis

Table 3 Hemodynamic, oxygen and temperature variables

Variable	Baseline	Immediately after NAC infusion	24 h after NAC infusion	48 h after NAC infusion
Heart rate (beats/min)
NAC	110.88 ± 25.9	113.00 ± 25.4	112.74 ± 22.4	108.70 ± 22.2
Control	104.84 ± 18.2	105.19 ± 23.5	105.23 ± 23.5	103.15 ± 22.7
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg))
NAC	90.85 ± 16.67	88.92 ± 13.01	86.07 ± 13.21	85.96 ± 13.41
Control	91.26 ± 18.25	83.80 ± 14.77	85.42 ± 13.42	83.80 ± 11.31
Arterial pH
NAC	7.34 ± 0.10	7.41 ± 0.07	7.38 ± 0.10	7.39 ± 0.06
Control	7.35 ± 0.09	7.38 ± 0.07	7.39 ± 0.08	7.36 ± 0.08
Arterial carbon dioxide tension (mmHg)
NAC	35.88 ± 12.7	34.62 ± 18.8	35,00 ± 14.2	38.54 ± 151
Control	31.69 ± 20.1	38.56 ± 20.2	36,46 ± 7.1	34.33 ± 21.6
Arterial oxygen tension/fractional insired oxygen ratio (mmHg)
NAC	172 ± 88	176 ± 76	178 ± 81	179 ± 126
Control	174 ± 76	177 ± 65	181 ± 70	179 ± 68
Arterial oxygen saturation (%)
NAC	95.4 ± 3.6	95.5 ± 3.1	94.7 ± 3.6	92.6 ± 5.3
Control	94.6 ± 3.6	94.1 ± 3.3	93.8 ± 3.1	94.8 ± 3.1
Temperature (°C)
NAC	36.8 ± 0.75	37 ± 0.78	36.8 ± 0.75	36.9 ± 0.48
Control	36.6 ± 0.57	36.8 ± 0.45	36.6 ± 0.57	36.8 ± 0.53

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. We identified no statistically significant differences between groups. NAC,N-acetyl-L-cysteine

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