JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, cilt.49, sa.1, ss.87-93, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
Aim. Anti-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-10 (IL-10) play a key role in the anti-inflammatory cascade after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Even moderate hyperglycemia. can increase mortality/morbidity, stroke, and myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The purpose of our study was to investigate whether preinduction thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) and preinduction glucocorticoid have an effect on perioperative anti-inflainmatory and perioperative hyperglycemia in patients undergoing CABG with CPB.