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[Effects of extracorporeal circulation and hypothermia on cellular immune activity in patients undergoing heart
Minerva Anestesiologica
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
Aspecific cellular reactivity was assessed in patients who underwent open heart surgery. The authors conclude that depressed PMN activity measured as O2- production is not linked to anaesthesiological procedures, hemodilution and hypothermia. No conclusive reports are possible on the role of pulmonary reinfusion or plasmatic and cellular mechanism of depression.