Fig. 2From: Description of a rat model of polymicrobial abdominal sepsis mimicking human colon perforationHeart rate. Time course of heart rate und septic (red) and sham (blue) animals. Note that measurement of heart rate began 16 h after sepsis induction /sham surgery, when treatment with surgery and meropenem started. The difference between the groups is significant (p = 0.005)Back to article page