Anaesthesia and the Acute Phase Protein Response in Children Undergoing Circumcision

• Main Authors: Unase Buyukkocak (Author), Fatma Caglayan (Author), Osman Caglayan (Author), Murat Basar (Author), Murat Cakmak (Author), Ertan Batislam (Author), Sevgi Ulusoy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Concentrations of acute phase proteins (CRP: C-reactive protein, albumin) change during surgery. We investigated the acute phase response to circumcision and the effects of anaesthesia on this response. The children were divided into four groups; group 1 (intratracheal general anaesthesia, n=40), gr...