THE INCIDENCE AND CAUSES OF POSTOPERATIVE JAUNDICE
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- 1 July 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 46 (7) , 520-525
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/46.7.520
Abstract
Jaundice often complicates recovery after surgery. We have studied 180 patients undergoing 218 major operations and found an incidence of 3.7% severe jaundice and 16.5% mild jaundice. The causes of the jaundice were diverse, but the most important was a bilirubin overload (primarily from blood transfusion) which could not be excreted effectively by a liver whose cellular metabolism was disturbed. We found no evidence of a relationship between halothane and liver damage.Keywords
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