Georgia Kostopanagiotou, Konstantinos Kalimeris, Kalliopi Christodoulaki, Constantinos Nastos, Nikolaos Papoutsidakis, Cleanthi Dima, Charalampos Chrelias, Ageliki Pandazi, Iordanis Mourouzis, Constantinos Pantos
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of various anaesthetics on stress response in the presence and absence of surgical stimulation. DESIGN: Twenty-nine pigs scheduled to undergo surgical central vein catheter placement were randomly allocated to receive only sedation with ketamine-midazolam (group SHAM, n=5) or general anaesthesia …