title: Statistical relations of some blood parameters along recovery from imposed stress in dogfish.
abstract: Selected blood parameters (arterial pH, O2 and CO2 tensions, oxygen content, bicarbonate and lactate concentrations, haematocrit, haemoglobin, red blood cell count, mean corpuscular haemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration), oxygen consumption and ventilatory frequency were measured 0, 3 and 24 hours after cannulation of the dorsal aorta of 22 dogfish. Correlations were calculated between all pairs of variables along the post-operational recovery period. Results are discussed in terms of the integrated dynamics of the recovery process subsequent to handling, anaesthesia and surgery stress. It is suggested that erythrocyte swelling plays an important role in maintaining tissue oxygen supply during recovery from operational procedures.
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects; D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D004284:Dogfish / Q000097:blood*; D004911:Erythrocyte Volume; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012754:Sharks / Q000097:blood*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen