Intraoperative thoracic epidural anaesthesia attenuates stress-induced immunosuppression in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 781-787

  Ahlers, O ^a   Nachtigall, I ^a   Lenze, J ^a   Goldmann, A ^a   Schulte, E ^a   Hohne C ^b   Fritz, G ^c   Keh, D ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig ^*  (Germany)

^c Evangelisch Freikirchliches Krankenhaus und Herzzentrum Brandenburg in Bernau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, general; Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Blood, lymphocytes; Immune response, suppression; Polypeptides, cytokines, interleukins

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL STRESS; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 56449105381     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen287     Document Type: Article

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