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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21292| Title: | Halothane Hepatitis : a review |
| Authors: | Spiteri, David |
| Keywords: | Halothane Hepatitis Jaundice Anesthesia -- Complications |
| Issue Date: | 1987-09 |
| Publisher: | Association of Anaesthesiologists in Malta |
| Citation: | Spiteri, D. (1987). Halothane Hepatitis : a review. Acta Anaesthesiologica Melitensis, 1(5), 30-34. |
| Abstract: | The association of liver damage and Halothane, a divisive issue hotly debated in the '60's and 70's, is now an accepted finding following the accumulation of clinical and experimental evidence. However Halothane is too often blamed when a clinician is confronted with a patient with unexplained jaundice after anaesthesia. This prejudiced attitude has been inherited from the days of (Qhloroform anaesthesia. It is an understandable human weakness to try and find a scape goat for whatever goes wrong - in this case an idiosyncratic reaction to an otherwise safe drug. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/21292 |
| Appears in Collections: | AAM, Volume 1, Issue 5 AAM, Volume 1, Issue 5 |
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