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Practical immunoevaluation in anesthesia.

M E Peetermans·W J Stevens
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Postoperative infection and cancer metastasis suppose weakened immunological resistance. Immunoevaluation is difficult for technical reasons and for individual variability. Proposed tests are hematology, cytochemistry, immunoglobulin and complement assays, membrane and cytoplasmic fluorescence, rosettes, lymphocyte transformation tests, skin tests, tests for granulocyte and monocyte function. Material and methods should be well standardized. Frozen serum and lymphocytes are peremptory for cellular and humoral evaluation during the different phases of anesthesia.

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M E Peetermans, W J Stevens. 1979. Practical immunoevaluation in anesthesia.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/398130/

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