Intravenous application of a primary sevoflurane metabolite improves outcome in murine septic peritonitis: first results.

Volatile anesthetics are known to have immunomodulatory effects in conditions of organ injury. A recent study in an experimental sepsis model has shown remarkably improved survival when mice were exposed to volatile anesthetics. In the present study, we show that hexafluoroisopropanol - a water-solu...

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Main Authors: Inge K Herrmann, Maricela Castellon, David E Schwartz, Melanie Hasler, Martin Urner, Guochang Hu, Richard D Minshall, Beatrice Beck-Schimmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3747167?pdf=render