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From: Postconditioning in major vascular surgery: prevention of renal failure

Figure 3

Systemic acid–base status: relative base excess (RBE). Base excess values are measured at the end of ischemia and at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th min of reperfusion. Relative base excess (calculated as a quotient of the measured values and the base excess registered before reperfusion) is in direct relation with the systemic acidic load after lower limb muscle ischemia-reperfusion injury. In case of the postconditioned (PostC, ◊, n = 5) group the increase in RBE is lower compared to the ischemia-reperfusion (IR, ○, n = 5) group. Differences are statistically significant (*) at the 3rd and 4th min after the onset of reperfusion between the PostC and the IR animals.

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