Volatile anesthetics improve survival after cecal ligation and puncture

Inge K Herrmann¹, Maricela Castellon, David E Schwartz+5

• ¹* Research Associate, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich and Institute of Physiology and Zurich Centre for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. † Research Assistant, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, and Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. ‡ Full Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. § Technician, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich and Institute of Physiology and Zurich Centre for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich. ‖Research Associate, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich and Institute of Physiology and Zurich Centre for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich. # Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago. ** Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago. †† Full Professor, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich and Institute of Physiology and Zurich Centre for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich.