Fatal Hepatic Necrosis After Halothane Anesthesia in a Boy with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Anesthesia & Analgesia
- Vol. 56 (4) , 589???593-93
- https://doi.org/10.1213/00000539-197707000-00035
Abstract
Hepatitis from halothane is usually diagnosed by excluding other possible causes. Whether preexisting hepatic damage, which can occur in certain autoimmune disorders, contraindicates the use of halothane has yet to be proven. The case of a 14-year-old boy with early-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who developed fatal hepatic necrosis 13 days after halothane anesthesia is presented.Keywords
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