A Case Report of Acute Hepatitis after General Anesthesia with Halothane
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- A 25 year old male was admitted for the reduction of right side mandible fracture. The patient was injured during a fight with someone under the influence of liquor. Nine days after the halothane anesthesia, the patient began to suffer from acute hepatitis with symptoms of fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and jaundice. The patient was cared for at the department of internal medicine and discharged after 49 day's hospitalization. The exact causes of the acute hepatitis were still unknown.