Anti-inflammatory properties of anesthetic agents

Fernanda Ferreira Cruz; Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco; Paolo Pelosi

doi:10.1186/s13054-017-1645-x

Anti-inflammatory properties of anesthetic agents

Crit Care. 2017 Mar 21;21(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s13054-017-1645-x.

Authors

Fernanda Ferreira Cruz¹, Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco¹, Paolo Pelosi²

Affiliations

¹ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
² Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, IRCCS AOU San Martino IST, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy. ppelosi@hotmail.com.

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2017. Other selected articles can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/annualupdate2017 . Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901 .

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Anesthetics / pharmacology*
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology
Humans
Immunity / drug effects*
Immunosuppression Therapy

Substances

Anesthetics
Anti-Inflammatory Agents