Decrease in serum cholesterol with surgical stress.
Serum cholesterol levels decreased with the stress of operation, before the procedure or after it, or before and after. This decrease was 17.6 per cent in a group of 28 elective surgery patients and 20.4 per cent in nine ruptured intervertebral disc patients who had an operation. A presurgical drop was noted and considered to be related to psychological stress.
D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
D002784:Cholesterol
BLOOD CHOLESTEROL; STRESS; SURGERY, OPERATIVE