1. Does steroid pretreatment increase endotoxin release during clinical cardiopulmonary bypass? 
Song Wan, MD, PhDa, Jean-Louis LeClerc, MDb, Chi-Hoang Huynh, MDb, Denis Schmartz, MDc, Jean-Marie DeSmet, MDb, Anthony P.C. Yim, MDa, Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhDd 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 117, Issue 5, Pages (May 1999)
DOI: /S (99)70382-X
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2. Fig 1
Endotoxin levels in SVC and IVC blood in patients undergoing CPB with (S-group, n = 10) or without (NS-group, n = 10) steroid-pretreatment. Data are medians and interquartile ranges. For sampling time points, see text.
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3. Fig 2
The IVC endotoxin values minus paired SVC values in 20 patients undergoing CPB. Data are medians and interquartile ranges. For sampling time points, see text.
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