< 30 mins (phase I) | ⩾ 30 mins (phase II) | Hours (refractory) | |
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Systemic physiology | |||
Blood pressure | Increase | Decrease | Hypotension |
Arterial oxygen | Decrease | Decrease | Hypoxaemia |
Arterial carbon dioxide | Increase | Variable | Hypercapnia |
Lung fluid | Increase | Increase | Pulmonary oedema |
Autonomic activity | Increase | Increase | Arrhythmias |
Temperature | Increase by 1°C | Increase by 2°C | Fever, hyperpyrexia |
Metabolic (serum) | |||
pH | Decrease | Variable | Acidosis |
Lactate | Increase | Increase | Lactic acidosis |
Glucose | Increase | Normal or raised | Hypoglycaemia |
Potassium | Increase or normal | Increase | Hyperkalaemia |
Creatine phosphokinase | Normal | Increase | Renal failure |
Central | |||
Cerebral blood flow | Increase 900% | Increase 200% | Cerebral oedema |
Cerebral oxygen consumption | Increase 300% | Increase 300% | Cerebral ischaemia |
Cerebral energy state | Compensated | Failing | Deficit, ischaemia |