Awake epidural anesthesia is associated with improved natural killer cell cytotoxicity and a reduced stress response

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-73

  Koltun, Walter A ^a   Bloomer, Michele M ^a   Tilberg, Anna F ^a   Seaton, John F ^a   Ilahi, Obeid ^a   Rung, George ^a   Gifford, Robert M ^a   Kauffman Jr , Gordon L ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL STRESS;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, INTRATRACHEAL; COLECTOMY; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; STRESS;

EID: 0030069040     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)80076-2     Document Type: Article

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