Systemic Inflammatory Responses and Lung Injury following Hip Fracture Surgery Increases Susceptibility to Infection in Aged Rats

Figure 2

Inflammatory cell content in BAL fluid in response to hip fracture and surgery. Total cell counts (a), macrophages (b), lymphocytes (c), and neutrophils (d) (𝑛=8 per group). Results are expressed as the mean ± SD. Analysis was done using one-way ANOVA with the Tukey post hoc test. *𝑃<0.001 when compared to other groups.

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