Table 5. Venular Blood Flow during Resuscitation with Hydroxyethyl Starch (HES) and Isotonic Saline (NaCl) during Endotoxemia

Data are mean ± SD. HES represents animals (n = 7) that received LPS (2 mg/kg body wt) and HES (16 ml/kg body wt/h) 3h after LPS exposure, whereas NaCl represents animals (n = 6) that received LPS (2 mg/kg body wt) and isotonic saline (66 ml/kg body wt/h) 3h after induction of endotoxemia. Control represents animals (n = 8) that received LPS (2 mg/kg body wt) only.

*= significant differences (P < 0.05) of NaCl versus  control (Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA, Mann–Whitney U test).

† (paired Wilcoxon test) and

‡ (paired Student t  test) indicate significant intragroup differences (P < 0.05) from baseline.