1. 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 (December 2008)
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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