Intraoperative thoracic epidural anaesthesia attenuates stress-induced immunosuppression in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery† O. Ahlers, I.

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Intraoperative thoracic epidural anaesthesia attenuates stress-induced immunosuppression in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery† O. Ahlers, I. Nachtigall, J. Lenze, A. Goldmann, E. Schulte, C. Höhne, G. Fritz, D. Keh British Journal of Anaesthesia Volume 101, Issue 6, Pages 781-787 (December 2008) DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen287 Copyright © 2008 British Journal of Anaesthesia Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Plasma concentration of epinephrine and cortisol at baseline and 40 min after skin incision; data are presented as box plots (median with quartiles); TEA-I, intraoperative and postoperative TEA; TEA-P, only postoperative TEA. *Significant differences between the treatment groups. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2008 101, 781-787DOI: (10.1093/bja/aen287) Copyright © 2008 British Journal of Anaesthesia Terms and Conditions

Fig 2 Concanavalin-A-stimulated concentration of IFN-γ and IL-10 and ratio of both values at baseline, during surgery, at postoperative days 1 and 4; data are presented as box plots (median with quartiles); TEA-I, intraoperative and postoperative TEA; TEA-P, only postoperative TEA. *Significant differences between the treatment groups. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2008 101, 781-787DOI: (10.1093/bja/aen287) Copyright © 2008 British Journal of Anaesthesia Terms and Conditions