Hepatocellular integrity during and after isoflurane and halothane anaesthesia in surgical patients

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 744-747

  Tiainen, P ^a,b   Rosenberg, P H ^b  

^a Surgical Hospital   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics volatile, halothane; Anaesthetics volatile, isoflurane; Enzymes, glutathione transferase; Liver, function; Liver, hepatotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030463992     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/77.6.744     Document Type: Article

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