title: Early prediction of systematic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) after major thoracic operation should not be sneezed at, but it is not a panacea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: dimmoris@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Demetrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moris
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karavokyros
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spartalis
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Athanasiou
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schizas
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Felekouras
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome