Role of Vascular Endothelial Cells in Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Induced by Seawater Immersion in a Rat Trauma Model

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Survival time of rats with an open abdominal injury in different environments. (a) An open abdominal injury animal model was established. Rats in the treatment group were vertically immersed into 22°C seawater (SW group) or normal saline (NS group). Rats in the control group were directly placed in a 22°C environment (control group). (b) The table displays the rectal temperatures of the test rats after 120 minutes of exposure. The rectal temperatures of the test animals were measured at different times. The rectal temperatures of the rats in both the NS group and SW group decreased rapidly but synchronously. (c) No rats in the NS group or control group died in 720 min. However, the average survival time of the rats in the SW group was 276 min, with a median lethal time of 260 minutes.

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