The early systemic inflammatory response measured as IL-6 and IL-10 in serum is correlated with injury severity and 30-day mortality following trauma.

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CABG performed during two different anaesthetic techniques, high-dose fentanyl versus low-dose opioid anaesthesia, elicited a well-defined cytokine response with minor variation in the time course of each cytokine. The cytokine production was not modified by type of anaesthesia. Finally, SAP is not an acute-phase protein in men.