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Natural Killer Cell Activity and Lymphocyte Function During and after Open-Heart Surgery in Relation to the Endocrine Stress Response

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Lipid Mediators in the Immunology of Shock

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The effect of elective open-heart surgery on natural killer (NK) cell activity was studied in 20 patients allocated to two different anaesthetic techniques. To clarify the mechanisms behind changes in NK cell activity the distribution of lymphocyte subpopulations and lymphocyte blastogenesis to PHA were determined. The endocrine response to surgery was measured as serum cortisol and plasma catecholamines.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000, Odense C, Denmark

    E. Tonnesen, M. M. Brinklov & N. J. Christensen

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  1. Centre de Traitement des Brules, Hopital d’Instruction des Armees Percy, Clamart, France

    M. Paubert-Braquet

  2. Institut Henri Beaufour, Le Plessis-Robinson, France

    P. Braquet

  3. Longwood Area Trauma Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    B. Demling

  4. St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    J. R. Fletcher

  5. Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA

    M. Foegh

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Tonnesen, E., Brinklov, M.M., Christensen, N.J. (1987). Natural Killer Cell Activity and Lymphocyte Function During and after Open-Heart Surgery in Relation to the Endocrine Stress Response. In: Paubert-Braquet, M., Braquet, P., Demling, B., Fletcher, J.R., Foegh, M. (eds) Lipid Mediators in the Immunology of Shock. NATO ASI Series, vol 139. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0919-2_39

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