Pump height 5.2 m

Pump height 3.6 m

Control

Statistics

pH blood

7.18 ± 0.12^a

7.25 ± 0.15^a

7.36 ± 0.08^b

F = 10.86; p = 0.0001

pH muscle

6.92 ± 0.21^a

6.95 ± 0.21^a

7.11 ± 0.17^b

F = 5.84; p = 0.005

pCO₂ (mmHg)

8.40 ± 1.00^a

9.17 ± 1.13^a

6.30 ± 0.90^b

F = 12.52; p = 0.0003

pO₂ (mmHg)

10.07 ± 2.93

12.32 ± 0.57

12.97 ± 6.08

NS

Na (mmol/l)

157.42 ± 2.99^a

152.89 ± 5.08^b

151.53 ± 3.39^b

F = 11.23; p < 0.0001

K (mmol/l)

5.16 ± 0.77^a

5.04 ± 0.57^ab

4.55 ± 0.63^b

F = 4.28; p = 0.02

Glu (mmol/l)

5.28 ± 0.69

4.86 ± 1.15

4.67 ± 0.7

NS

Hct (%)

34.89 ± 9.74^a

33.37 ± 3.39^ab

28.59 ± 6.01^b

F = 4.0; p = 0.02

Cortisol (ng/ml)

170.7 ± 55.6

168.4 ± 55.2

174.3 ± 42.7

NS

Lactate (mmol/l)

4.92 ± 1.03^a

4.74 ± 2.08^a

3.08 ± 0.8^b

F = 10.2; p = 0.0002