Acute Hepatitis after General Anesthesia in a Child.
10.4097/kjae.1995.28.3.467
- Author:
Bae Hee JUNG
1
;
Mi Hwa CHUNG
;
Sung Woo LEE
;
Leem Soo WON
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:case report
- Keywords:
Postoperative hepatic dysfunction;
Child;
Halothane
- MeSH:
Accidents, Traffic;
Anesthesia;
Anesthesia, General*;
Child*;
Emergencies;
Female;
Halothane;
Hepatitis*;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Pediatrics;
Wounds and Injuries
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1995;28(3):467-471
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 4year old female admitted for the management of degloving injury of popliteal area. The patient was injuried by traffic accident, and underwent emergency sugery for irrigation and debriment of wound area under halothane anesthesia. She has the 2nd administration of halothane in a period of 18days Two days after the 2nd anesthesia, the patient began to suffer from acute hepatitis with increasing SGOT/SGPT. The patient was cared for at the department of pediatrics and had 3rd operation after 38days and was discharged after 71 days hospitalization.
