halothane hepatitis

hal·o·thane hep·a·ti·tis

[MIM*234350]
hepatocellular damage said to result from the administration of halothane anesthesia.

halothane hepatitis

A potentially fatal hepatitis evoked by halothane, a carbon tetrachloride-related halocarbon used as a maintenance anesthetic–thiopental is often used for induction
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As would be expected with idiosyncratic injury, halothane hepatitis is non-dose-related and exceedingly rare [28]; however, it exhibits characteristics of both idiosyncratic and intrinsic liver injury [29].
Halothane hepatitis: a model of immune mediated drug hepatotoxicity.
Xenobiotic-induced hepatotoxicity: mechanisms of liver injury and methods of monitoring hepatic function
Halothane hepatitis in three pairs of closely related females.
Drug-induced hepatic injury

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