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Halothane-induced fulminant hepatic failure.

A S Puri·S S Sikora·R Aggarwal·S R Naik
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Fulminant hepatic failure developed in the early post-operative period in a patient after third exposure to halothane. Exclusion of other causes of post-operative jaundice and temporal relationship of jaundice to anesthesia suggested halothane as the etiologic agent for the submassive necrosis, which was documented at postmortem liver biopsy.

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A S Puri, S S Sikora, R Aggarwal, S R Naik. 1993. Halothane-induced fulminant hepatic failure.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8354525/

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