Research Article

Local Inflammation in Fracture Hematoma: Results from a Combined Trauma Model in Pigs

Table 1

Laboratory parameters: hemoglobin (Hb), base excess (BE), lactate (Lac), and not significant (n.s.).

0 h2.5 h14 h24 h48 h

Hb trauma (mg/dL)91.27 ± 8.3546.36 ± 8.0354.38 ± 7.9854.62 ± 11.0748.23 ± 6.43
Hb sham (mg/dL)97.6 ± 13.6190.4 ± 4.5688.2 ± 5.8584.8 ± 4.671.2 ± 9.96
valuen.s.<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001

BE trauma (mmol/L)4.09 ± 2.662.14 ± 3.756.38 ± 0.895.73 ± 2.896.28 ± 1.52
BE sham (mmol/L)5.58 ± 1.966.44 ± 1.646.03 ± 0.95.8 ± 1.197.28 ± 2.21
valuen.s.0.026n.s.n.s.n.s.

Lac trauma (mmol/L)0.89 ± 0.392.64 ± 2.140.66 ± 0.210.9 ± 0.471.08 ± 1.25
Lac sham (mmol/L)1.26 ± 0.460.84 ± 0.150.52 ± 0.080.44 ± 0.110.56 ± 0.18
valuen.s.0.008n.s.0.05n.s.