Droperidol, seduxen, fentanyl: a study of immune reactions in vitro
Gadalov, V.P.; Filatov, P.P.; Medvedev, V.N.; Malik, S.S.
Anesteziologiia i Reanimatologiia 4: 18-21
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0201-7563 PMID: 2817492 Document Number: 333007
Clinical concentration of droperidol, seduxen, fentanyl were studied for their effects on in vitro immunity reaction with lymphocytes from donors and patients with lung carcinoma. In the donors, the agents caused no changes in E- and EAC-rosette formation. In the patients with lung carcinoma, droperidol elevated the number of theophylline-sensitive T lymphocytes, lowered theophylline-resistant ones and eventually normalized a theophylline-resistant to theophylline-sensitive T cell ratio. Fentanyl, 5 ng/ml was demonstrated to increase amounts of early T lymphocytes. Fentanyl concentrations (5 and 25 ng/ml) decreased B lymphocytes. It was concluded that droperidol produced a positive action and fentanyl showed heterogeneous effects on E- and EAC-rosette formation in patients with lung carcinoma.