Table 3 The concentrations of serum total calcium, chloride and sodium in healthy and colic horses. The mean (± SD) concentrations of serum calcium (S-Ca), chloride (S-Cl) and sodium (S-Na) are shown from before anaesthesia to 7 days after anaesthesia with the American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status 5 (ASA 5) colic horses shown individually. The figures within parenthesis are the number of horses included at each measurement.
From: Metabolism before, during and after anaesthesia in colic and healthy horses
| Â | S-Ca | S-Cl | S-Na | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | (mmol/L 1 ) | (mmol/L 1 ) | (mmol/L 1 ) | ||||||
| Â | Healthy | Colic | ASA 5 | Healthy | Colic | ASA 5 | Healthy | Colic | ASA 5 |
PRE | 2.9 ± 0.1(8) | 2.6* ± 0.2 (16) | 2.4 ± 0.3 (4) | 92 ± 4 (8) | 93 ± 6 (16) | 89 ± 7 (4) | 140 ± 3 (8) | 139 ± 4 (16) | 136 ± 7 (4) |
AN 1 | 2.6a ± 0.1 (20) | 2.4 A ± 0.2 (16) | 2.1 ± 0.2 (3) | 91 ± 3 (20) | 94 ± 5 (16) | 92 ± 5 (3) | 138 ± 4 (20) | 140 ± 4 (16) | 140 ± 1 (3) |
AN END | 2.6a ± 0.2 (20) | 2.3 A ± 0.2 (16) | 2.1 ± 0.0 (2) | 91 ± 4 (20) | 94 ± 5 (16) | 91 ± 3 (3) | 137 ± 3 (20) | 138 ± 4 (16) | 139 ± 2 (3) |
POST 15' | 2.5a ± 0.1 (20) | 2.3* A ± 0.2 (14) |  | 90 ± 5 (20) | 92 ± 9 (14) |  | 135a ± 5 (19) | 135 ± 8 (13) |  |
POST 1 | 2.5a ± 0.1 (19) | 2.3* A ± 0.2 (13) |  | 92 ± 4 (18) | 94 ± 5 (15) |  | 136 ± 4 (18) | 137 ± 4 (15) |  |
POST 2 | 2.6a ± 0.2 (20) | 2.3* A ± 0.2 (15) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
POST 4 | 2.8 ± 0.3 (19) | 2.3* A ± 0.2 (15) |  | 97 ± 6 (19) | 95 ± 5 (14) |  | 139 ± 5 (19) | 139 ± 5 (15) |  |
POST 12 | 3.0 ± 0.2 (20) | 2.3* A ± 0.2 (14) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
DAY 1 | 3.0 ± 0.2 (19) | 2.4* A ± 0.2 (13) |  | 99a ± 3 (19) | 96* ± 4 (14) |  | 139 ± 4 (19) | 138 ± 3 (14) |  |
DAY 3 | 3.0a ± 0.1 (18) | 2.8* A ± 0.2 (13) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
DAY 7 | 3.1a ± 0.1 (20) | 3.0* A ± 0.1 (10) |  | 98a ± 3 (20) | 96 ± 2 (10) |  | 139 ± 2 (20) | 137 ± 2 (10) |  |