Inflammatory responses were reduced by a laparoscopic approach and by exposure to CO2 versus air. Peritoneal responses were affected to a larger degree than systemic parameters. Laparotomy overruled the effects of CO2 on chemotaxis and distant organ injury but not on peritoneal cytokine release.

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Investigation of mild, inherited increased serum alkaline phosphatase activity partially combined with Gilbert's syndrome in one family showed, apart from a normal liver fraction, an intestinal iso-