Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 394-400 , September 2009

Results of a pilot study on the effects of propofol and dexmedetomidine on inflammatory responses and intraabdominal pressure in severe sepsis

  • Muhittin Tasdogan, MD (Staff Anesthesiologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Trakya University Medical Faculty, 22030 Edirne, Turkey
    • ,
  • Dilek Memis, MD (Associate Professor of Anesthesia)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Trakya University Medical Faculty, 22030 Edirne, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +90 284 235 80 96.
    • ,
  • Necdet Sut (Assistant Professor of Biostatistics)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Trakya University Medical Faculty, 22030 Edirne, Turkey
    • ,
  • Mahmut Yuksel, MD (Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Trakya University Medical Faculty, 22030 Edirne, Turkey

Received 14 May 2007 ,Revised 27 September 2008 ,Accepted 7 October 2008.

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☆ Supported by University of Trakya Research Grant No. TUBAP 666, Edirne, Turkey.

PII: S0952-8180(09)00173-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.10.010

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 394-400 , September 2009

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