Systemic Inflammatory Response during Laparotomy

Table 1

Timing of blood samples.

T0: one hour before the anesthesia.
T1: immediately after the anesthetic induction.
T2: immediately after the abdominal wall incision.
T3: one hour after the abdominal incision.
T4: immediately after the abdominal wall closure.
T5: 48 hours after abdominal wall closure.