title: Liver function tests following anaesthesia.
abstract: Liver function tests were performed in 41 patients who required repeated anaesthetics for genito-urinary surgery, and who had received multiple halothane anaesthetics in the past, first following anaesthesia using halothane and then following an anaesthetic without halothane. There was a smaller frequency of disturbance of liver function after halothane than after the non-halothane anaesthetic. There was no obvious relationship between the number of anaesthetics, or the total duration of anaesthesia, and the disturbance of liver function tests.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D006221:Halothane / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D006221:Halothane