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Effects of anaesthesia on the human immune system
1Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Hospital Medicine (London, England : 1998)
|January 6, 2000
Abstract:
The ability of certain anaesthetic agents to influence the immune response has been recognized for almost 30 years. The purpose of this review is to briefly describe the different components of the immune system and examine the way in which surgery and anaesthesia influence these.