Oxygen inhalation improves postoperative survival in ketamine-xylazine anaesthetised rats: An observational study
Fig 1
28-day survival of rats after KX anaesthesia with (O2 group) or without (AA group) additional oxygen insufflation.
The survival curve (Kaplan-Meier analysis) revealed that the survival rate during the follow-up period of 28 days was significantly higher in rats who received additional oxygen insufflation intra- and postoperatively (O2 group) compared to rats who only breathed ambient air peri- and intraoperatively (AA group) (p = 0.036).