Figure 1From: Oral neutrophils are an independent marker of the systemic inflammatory response after cardiac bypassCardiopulmonary bypass increases both oral neutrophils (ON) [upper graph] and blood neutrophils (BN) [lower graph] counts at T 1 . At T3 compared to T0, the median oral neutrophil count was similar (p = 0.95), whereas median blood neutrophil count was significantly higher (p < 0.001).Back to article page