[Accumulation of liquids in the small intestine in mice after hyperthermia]

Female adult mice were subjected to 1) sublethal, 2) midlethal and 3) supralethal doses of systemic hyperthermia. In these mice, death occurred soon or several hours after the heat treatment depending on the severity of heating. In every cases, however, progression of the disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) syndrome such as decrease in thrombocyte count, condensation of circulating blood and liquid accumulation in the lumen of small intestines was with nearly the same speed indicating that the DIC was not the main cause of the death.