Effects of Elemental Mercury Vapor Inhalation on Arterial Blood Gases, Lung Histology, and Interleukin-1 Expression in Pulmonary Tissues of Rats
Table 1
The arterial blood gas parameters in Sprague Dawley rats after short- and long-term elemental mercury vapor exposure and those with no mercury vapor exposure.
Arterial blood gas parameters
Groups
Short-term exposure
Long-term exposure
Control
All animals
Males
Females
All animals
Males
Females
All animals
Males
Females
pH
7.23 ± 0.05
7.22 ± 0.03
7.24 ± 0.07
7.18 ± 0.02
7.18 ± 0.02
7.19 ± 0.0
7.36 ± 0.09
7.32 ± 0.02
7.4 ± 0.06
PCO2
62 ± 10
65 ± 6
60 ± 13
68 ± 4
69 ± 4
66 ± 4
44 ± 8
50 ± 10
37 ± 4
PO2
49 ± 21
42 ± 10
55 ± 18
52 ± 14
55 ± 15
44 ± 5
67 ± 16
57 ± 13
77 ± 11
SpO2
66 ± 19
63 ± 17
69 ± 20
71 ± 16
73 ± 18
65 ± 7
89 ± 9
84 ± 10
94 ± 3
HCO3
25 ± 3
26 ± 2
24 ± 3
25 ± 2
25 ± 15
25 ± 5
24 ± 3
25 ± 2
23 ± 2
Statistically significant in comparison with the control group (p ≤ 0.05).
