Fig. 6
Aftereffects of inducing deep hypothermia in rats. Serum levels of AST, ALT, LDH and BUN are shown in panels a–d, respectively. Control represents the value in rats before inducing hypothermia. Just after recovery shows the value in rats that had been kept in the hypothermic condition for 6 h and recovered to a euthermic condition. After recovery, the rats were returned to the animal room and kept there for 1 week. The values in these rats are shown as 1 week later. The elevated values of organ injury markers just after recovery of rectal temperature were decreased to levels comparable to those before induction of hypothermia (control). Values are means ± SD (n = 5). The blue horizontal lines denote statistical significance (p < 0.05)