1. The Effects of Acute Blood Loss on Electrocardiogram in Male and Female Swiss Albino Mice
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Muharrem Balkaya, Hümeyra Ünsal, Fazilet Canset Özden, and Cengiz Ünsal
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medicine.medical_specialty ,ECG,Ketamine,Xylazine,Blood loss,Mouse,Gender ,business.industry ,Acute blood loss ,General Medicine ,QT interval ,Xylazine ,QRS complex ,Veterinary ,T wave ,Internal medicine ,Heart rate ,Cardiology ,Veteriner Hekimlik ,Medicine ,Ketamine ,cardiovascular diseases ,PR interval ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The aim of the present study is to investigate the possible effects of acute blood loss (1% of body weight) on electrocardiogram (ECG) in male and female Swiss albino mice. Anesthesia was maintained with the ketamine-xylazine combination. The tail was cut using a scalpel blade and blood at a ratio of 1% body weight was collected in capillary tubes. ECG recording was done by using the standard lead II. P and T waves, intervals of PQ, QT, and RR, and QRS complex were measured after all ECG was recorded. The amplitude of P and QRS waves were significantly higher in males than that of females (P
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- 2018
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