Does postoperative plasma IL-6 improve early prediction of infection after pulmonary cancer surgery? A two-centre prospective study

• Ted Reniers ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t.reniers@antoniusziekenhuis.nl

  Affiliations Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4462-5073

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• Peter G. Noordzij,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Eelco J. Veen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital, Breda, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

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• Erik F.N. Hofman,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands

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• Anne Marlies Taselaar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Amphia Hospital, Breda, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

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• W. Anton Visser,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Amphia Hospital, Breda, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

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• Pim van der Heiden,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Amphia Hospital, Breda, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3650-6467

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• Stefan Boeckx,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Amphia Hospital, Breda, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

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• Judith M.A. Emmen,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Result Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, Amphia Hospital, Breda, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

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• Ineke M. Dijkstra,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands

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• Olaf L. Cremer,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Lisette M. Vernooij,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Thijs C.D. Rettig

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Amphia Hospital, Breda, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

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