Open AccessRegional and Systemic Cytokine Responses to Acute Inflammation of the Vermiform Appendix
Author(s) -
Fernando A. Rivera-Chávez,
H T Wheeler,
Guy Lindberg,
Robert S. Munford,
Grant E. O’Keefe
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000055274.56407.71
Subject(s) - medicine , proinflammatory cytokine , appendix , systemic inflammation , cytokine , tumor necrosis factor alpha , inflammation , systemic inflammatory response syndrome , immunology , receptor antagonist , lipopolysaccharide , interleukin 1 receptor antagonist , sepsis , receptor , antagonist , biology , paleontology
To measure local (peritoneal fluid) and systemic (plasma) cytokine profiles in patients with infection-inflammation of the vermiform appendix, a relatively mild, localized inflammatory process.