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Levamisole and postoperative complications: A controlled clinical trial

✍ Scribed by J. R. Ausobsky; Mary Evans; A. V. Pollock

Book ID
101744607
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1982
Tongue
English
Weight
243 KB
Volume
69
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-1323

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We studied the relationship between cell-mediated immunity (assessed by preoperative skin reactions to four recall antigens) and postoperative infective complications in 166 patients undergoing major laparotomies. They were randomly allocated to receive Β·150 mg of levamisole or placebo on the day of operation and for the following 2 days; their course was followed for at least 1 month. Neither the degree of preoperative anergy nor the administration of levamisole resulted in any significant differences in numbers of postoperative deaths or infective complications, but the levamisole group had significantly less postoperative pyrexia than the control group.

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## Summary In a series of 579 patients undergoing major laparotomy, the direction of incision (midline or transverse/oblique muscle-cutting) was decided randomly. The severity of postoperative pulmonary complications was expressed by a scoring system which allowed categorization into mild (score 0–