Hepatic effects of repeated halothane anesthetics in the hypoxic rat model.
The hepatic effects of repeated anesthesia of phenobarbital-induced Fischer 344 rats with 1% halothane/14% oxygen were investigated, after anesthetics were administered at either 1-day or 5-day intervals. Urinary excretion of fluoride, a product of reductive halothane metabolism, was increased in the 24-h period following anesthesia, but was the same after the first, second, and third anesthetics. Rats killed 24 h after a single anesthetic all had centrilobular hepatocellular necrosis. All animals killed 24 h after the second or third anesthetic also had centrilobular necrosis, but, in most animals, this was no more extensive than that following a single anesthetic, regardless of whether the interval between anesthetics was one or five days.
D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D000818:Animals; D006221:Halothane / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000473:pathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D013997:Time Factors
D006221:Halothane